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houtou

houtou noun: a South American motmot.

Noun

houtou (plural houtous)

  1. A South American motmot.
    • The houtou shuns the society of man: the plantations and cultivated parts are too much disturbed to engage it to settle there […]1839, Charles Waterton, Wanderings in South America

Forms of houtou

pluralhoutous

Origin of houtou

Imitative, from its note.

Questions about houtou

What does houtou mean?
Houtou means a South American motmot.
What part of speech is houtou?
Houtou is a noun.
What is the plural of houtou?
The plural of houtou is houtous.

Words near houtou in the dictionary

  1. Houthi
  2. Houthis
  3. Houthist
  4. houting
  5. houtings
  6. houtou
  7. houtous
  8. houts
  9. houttuynia
  10. houttuynias
  11. Houtz

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