Oto

name, noun, slang

name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An otocinclus (freshwater fish, genus Otocinclus). informal

    "All the tetras in my tank (3 species - black neons, Pristellas, and red eyes) died within a 36 hour period. The corys and otos in the same tank are fine. There was no change in water quality, feeding habits, or water temperature. I have no idea why all the tets would die in such a short time span."

  2. 2
    A Midwestern Native American tribe who speak the Chiwere language. plural, plural-only
  3. 3
    a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Oto wordnet
  4. 4
    a member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Ordo Templi Orientis. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    A city in Iowa.

Example

More examples

""Oso", "ojo", "ala", "Ana", "Oto" and "anilina" are palindromes."

Etymology

Clipping of otocinclus.

Related phrases

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.