Scops
See also: scops
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σκώψ (skṓps, “owl”).
Proper noun
Scops m
- (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Strigidae – scops owls, now genus Otus.
Derived terms
References
- Scops owl on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “Scops”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.