Scops

See also: scops

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκώψ (skṓps, “owl”).

Proper noun

Scops m

1. (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Strigidae – scops owls, now genus Otus.

Derived terms

• Megascops (screech owls)
• Pseudoscops (Jamaican owl)
• Psiloscops (flammulated owl)

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.