strix

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Strix
    n 1: owls lacking ear tufts [syn: {Strix}, {genus Strix}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Strix \Strix\, n. [L. strix, strigis.] (Arch.)
   One of the flutings of a column.
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