strigiform

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adjective

Belonging to the order Strigiformes of owls.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

adjectivestrigiform (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyBelonging to the order Strigiformes of owls.

    There's still something boyish about Muldoon, and still something birdlike; strigiform.

    2001 May 12, Robert Potts, “The poet at play”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
nounstrigiform (plural strigiforms)

plural strigiforms

  1. Any owl of the order Strigiformes.
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APA

strigiform. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strigiform

MLA

“strigiform.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strigiform. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “strigiform,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strigiform.

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