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strich

strich noun: an owl.

Noun

strich (plural striches)

  1. (obsolete) An owl.
    • The lether-winged Bat, dayes enimy, / The ruefull Strich, still waiting on the bere, / The Whistler shrill, that who so heares, doth dy […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Forms of strich

pluralstriches
alternative formstrick

Origin of strich

Compare Latin strix, strigs (“a screech owl”).

Questions about strich

What does strich mean?
Strich means an owl.
What part of speech is strich?
Strich is a noun.
What is the plural of strich?
The plural of strich is striches.

Words near strich in the dictionary

  1. Striblings
  2. Stribog
  3. Stribor
  4. Stricchiola
  5. Stricchiolas
  6. strich
  7. Strichen
  8. striches
  9. strichetti
  10. strick
  11. stricken

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