otus (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Otus*:
NOUN	animal	Otus, genus Otus	a genus of Strigidae

English > *Otus*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	A genus of Strigidae.
Synonym	genus Otus
Member of	Strigidae, family Strigidae	A family of nocturnal birds of the order Strigiformes
Members	scops owl	Any of several small owls having ear tufts and a whistling call
Members	screech owl, Otus asio	small North American owl having hornlike tufts of feathers whose call sounds like a quavering whistle
Broader	bird genus	A genus of birds
Spanish	genus otus, otus
Catalan	genus otus, otus

HyperDic: otus