Tytonidae

plural noun

Ty·​ton·​i·​dae

tīˈtänəˌdē

: a monotypic family of owls comprising the barn owls and being distinguished by an unnotched sternum and large clavicles fused with it compare bubonidae , strigidae

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Tyton-, Tyto, type genus + -idae

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