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Tyto

noun

type and only genus of the family Tytonidae

• Syn: ↑genus Tyto

• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Tytonidae, ↑family Tytonidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑barn owl, ↑Tyto alba

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\\ˈtīd.(ˌ)ō\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin Tyton-, Tyto, from Greek tytō owl, of imitative origin

: a cosmopolitan genus of owls coextensive with the family Tyronidae

Useful english dictionary. 2012.