strigine
形容词 adj.
英 /ˈstɹɪd͡ʒaɪn/
英文释义
形容词 adj.
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Of or pertaining to owls.
— 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?
词源
From Latin strig- (“screech-owl”), + English -ine.
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