strix

Meaning

1. (declension-3) a kind of owl, probably the screech-owl (considered a bird of ill omen)
2. (broadly, declension-3) a kind of owl, probably the screech-owl (considered a bird of ill omen)

Concepts

owl

🦉

barn owl

breathalyser

breathalyzer

eagle owl

vampire

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Synonyms

noctua

ulula

bubo

🦉

crena

vampyrus

būbō

striga

Translations

hibou

🦉

Eule

🦉

civetta

🦉

pepûk

bu

kund

🦉

coruja

🦉

κουκουβάγια

pû

lechuza

🦉

gufo

🦉

mussol

γλαύκα

òliba

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈstriːks]

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek στρίξ (stríx, “screecher”), which also gave strī̆ga (“evil spirit, nightmare; vampire; witch”), itself likely of onomatopoeic origin and related to Latin strīdō (“to screech”).
Compare typologically Russian карга́ (kargá), also considered borrowed, akin to Turkish karga.