OTU
See also: Appendix:Variations of "otu"
English
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]OTU
- Initialism of Ontario Tech University.
Noun
[edit]OTU (plural OTUs)
- (biology) Initialism of operational taxonomic unit.
- 2023, Wolfgang Denzer, Hinrich Kaiser, “Naming And Gaming: The Illicit Taxonomic Practice Of 'Nomenclatural Harvesting' And How To Avoid It”, in Journal of Zoology, volume 320, number 3, page 163:
- The nomenclatural harvester shown here “plucks” unnamed OTUs off a phylogenetic tree in order to claim easy fame by naming them without scientific rationale or ethical concerns.
- (aviation) Initialism of Operational Training Unit.
- Initialism of oxygen toxicity unit.