MUTO (Term)

MUTO is the term used by the organization Monarch in the MonsterVerse.

Use
MUTO is used to identify monsters that have yet to be named by Monarch. It is first used in the comic, Godzilla: Awakening, were it is used to identify Shinomura and Godzilla before they receive their official names. It is later used in the 2014 film, Godzilla, were it is used to identify the MUTO in the film. They, however, are not given official names and thus, are only known as MUTO. The term is later used in Kong: Skull Island, in which William states that he and Monarch hunt for MUTO.

Meaning
MUTO is a shortened term for Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organisms.