different between strigine vs owllike

English

Etymology

From Latin strig- (“screech-owl”), + English -ine.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: str??j?n, IPA^(key): /?st??d??a?n/

Adjective

strigine (comparative more strigine, superlative most strigine)

1. Of or pertaining to owls.
   • 2014, James Robertson: 365: Stories:

     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?

Anagrams

• igniters, resiting, stingier

English

Etymology

owl +? -like

Adjective

owllike (comparative more owllike, superlative most owllike)

1. Resembling an owl or some aspect of one.
   • 1896, Robert Louis Stevenson, Macaire, act i, scene 2 (stage directions)

     To these, by the door L. C., the CURATE and the NOTARY, arm in arm; the latter owl-like and titubant

Synonyms

• owlish
• owly
• strigine