genus tyto

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   type and only genus of the family Tytonidae

   SynonymsTyto

   Broaderbird genus

   Part ofTytonidae

Questions about genus tyto

What does genus tyto mean?

genus tyto means "type and only genus of the family Tytonidae".

What is another word for genus tyto?

Close synonyms include Tyto. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus tyto a common word?

genus tyto is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.