houtou

H4O1U1T1O1U1

noun

A South American motmot.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

nounhoutou (plural houtous)

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

Origin

Imitative, from its note.

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APA

houtou. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/houtou

MLA

“houtou.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/houtou. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “houtou,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/houtou.

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