str in go pinæ, strigopinæ

pl. [Mod. Lat. stringop (s), strigop ( s ); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -inæ.] Ornith.: A sub-family of Psittacidae (q. v.), with a single genus, String ops (q. v.). string-ops, strig-ops, s. [Gr. strix (gen it. strigos) = an owl, and ops =the face.] Ornith.: The sole genus of the family Stringopidæ or the sub-family String opine (q. v.), with one species, Strigops habroptilus , the Kakapo or Kakapo a (q. v.). Buller ( Birds of New Zealand , p. 28), considers S. grey i , provisionally recognized by Gray ( Ibis , 1862, p. 230), to be only a variety. string'-wood, s. [ Eng.string , s., and wood .] Bot.: Acalypha rubra . string-ý, a. [Eng.string; -y.] 1. Consisting of strings or small threads; fibrous, filamentous. "The tough and stringy coat of the areca nut."-Cook: First Voyage , bk. iii., ch. ix. 2. Ropy, viscid; that may be drawn into a thread. *3. Sinewy, wiry; as, a stringy man. stringy-bark tree, s. Bot .: A popular Australian name for many of the Eucalypti, from the fibrous character of their bark; spec if., Eucalyptus gigantea , a huge tree, 400 feet high, and about 100 feet in girth a yard from the ground.