Tyto
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Tyto alba
See also: tyto
Translingual
Etymology
Probably from Ancient Greek τυτώ (tutṓ, “onomatopoeic for owl”).
Proper noun
Tyto f
Hypernyms
- (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; Tytonidae – family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Tyto alba (western barn owl) – type species; Tyto almae, Tyto aurantia, Tyto capensis, Tyto delicatula, Tyto deroepstorffi, Tyto furcata, Tyto glaucops, Tyto inexspectata, Tyto javanica, Tyto longimembris, Tyto manusi, Tyto multipunctata, Tyto nigrobrunnea, Tyto novaehollandiae, Tyto rosenbergii, Tyto sororcula, Tyto soumagnei, Tyto tenebricosa – other species
References
Tyto on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Tyto on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Tyto on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
