Monday Word: Strigine

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strigine

[ˈstrɪdʒiːn]

adjective
of or like an owl

Examples

About the face the feathers are long and stringy, and so arranged as to remind one at once of a strigine physiognomy.
The Popular Science Monthly - Volume 46 - Page 776 (1895)

By her strigine wisdom, she deduced this based on her recollection that the rat had been moving rather slowly and failed to take evasive action as she homed in upon it.
Animalese - Page 33 (Ram Ramakrishnan)

Origin
From Latin strig- ("screech owl"), + English -ine‎. relating to the Strigidae family (owls)