strix

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noun

A bird-like demon feeding on human flesh and blood.

OriginLatin strix ← Ancient Greek στρίξ →
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Meanings

nounstrix (plural strixes or striges)

plural strixes · plural striges

  1. human sciencesA bird-like demon feeding on human flesh and blood.

    What was distinctive about the strix was that […] it resembled an owl, or (to a lesser extent) a bat, being a winged, clawed creature, which flew by night and had a hideous screeching cry.

    2017, Ronald Hutton, The Witch, Yale University Press, published 2018, page 69

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekστρίξ“screecher”
  2. Latinstrix
  3. Englishstrix

From Latin strix, from Ancient Greek στρίξ (stríx, “screecher”).

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Chicago

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