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GENUS STRIX
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Owls lacking ear tufts
Synonyms:
genus Strix; Strix
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Strix" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Strix"):
great gray owl; great grey owl; Strix nebulosa (large dish-faced owl of northern North America and western Eurasia)
Strix aluco; tawny owl (reddish-brown European owl having a round head with black eyes)
barred owl; Strix varia (large owl of eastern North America having its breast and abdomen streaked with brown)
spotted owl; Strix occidentalis (a large owl of North America found in forests from British Columbia to central Mexico; has dark brown plumage and a heavily spotted chest)
Holonyms ("genus Strix" is a member of...):
family Strigidae; Strigidae (a family of nocturnal birds of the order Strigiformes)
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