Otus

From Ancient Greek ὦτος (ôtos, “horned or eared owl”)

Otus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Strigidae – the scops owls.

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Reptilia - class; Aves - subclass; Neognathae - infraclass; Neoaves - superorder; Strigiformes - order; Strigidae - family; Striginae - subfamily

• (genus): Otus scops; for other species see Otus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies and Wiktionary entries starting with Otus

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

• Scops owl on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Otus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Otus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

• Ōtos, Ōthos, Oetus

From Ancient Greek Ὦτος (Ôtos).

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈoː.tus/, [ˈoː.tʊs]

Ōtus m (genitive Ōtī); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) Otus, a giant in Greek mythology and brother of Ephialtes

Second declension.

• Otus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Otus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette