strigine
/ˈstɹɪd͡ʒaɪn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to owls.
Example Sentences
- "He thought of the pellets he found by day, the tight packages of bone, fur and excrement that, like crushed auto carcases in a wrecker's yard, were all that remained of voles or mice swallowed whole by their strigine predators. Did those small creatures scuffling over leaves and roots hear the owls calling, and tremble in fear?"
Etymology
From Latin strig- (“screech-owl”), + English -ine.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈstɹɪd͡ʒaɪn/