Otus

 

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

Otus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Strigidae – scops owls, of the Old World.

• (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 bakkamoena (Indian scops owl) – type species; Otus alfredi, Otus alius, Otus angelinae, Otus balli, Otus beccarii, Otus bikegila, Otus brookii, Otus brucei, Otus capnodes, Otus collari, Otus cyprius, Otus elegans, Otus enganensis, Otus everetti, Otus feae, Otus fuliginosus, Otus gurneyi, Otus hartlaubi, Otus icterorhynchus, Otus insularis, Otus ireneae, Otus jolandae, Otus lempiji, Otus lettia, Otus longicornis, Otus madagascariensis, Otus magicus, Otus manadensis, Otus mantananensis, Otus mayottensis, Otus megalotis, Otus mendeni, Otus mentawi, Otus mindorensis, Otus mirus, Otus moheliensis, Otus nigrorum, Otus pamelae, Otus pauliani, Otus pembaensis, Otus podarginus, Otus rufescens, Otus rutilus, Otus sagittatus, Otus scops, Otus semitorques, Otus senegalensis, Otus siaoensis, Otus silvicola, Otus socotranus, Otus spilocephalus, Otus sulaensis, Otus sunia, Otus tempestatis, Otus thilohoffmanni, Otus umbra – other species

•   Scops owl on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
•   Otus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
•   Otus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

 

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Otus (mythology)

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• Ōtos, Ōthos, Oetus

From Ancient Greek Ὦτος (Ôtos).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈoː.tus/, [ˈoːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.tus/, [ˈɔːt̪us]

Ōtus m sg (genitive Ōtī); second declension

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

Second-declension noun, singular only.

• “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.