tyto

Questions about tyto

What does tyto mean?

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

How many syllables are in tyto?

tyto has 2 syllables and divides as ty-to 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 tyto?

Close synonyms include genus 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 tyto a common word?

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.