otus

Questions about otus

What does otus mean?

otus means "a genus of Strigidae".

How many syllables are in otus?

otus has 2 syllables and divides as o-tus under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for otus?

Close synonyms include genus Otus. 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 otus a common word?

otus 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.