Tytonidae

plural noun
Ty·​ton·​i·​dae | \ tīˈtänəˌdē\

Definition of Tytonidae

: 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

History and Etymology for Tytonidae

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

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