Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Otis"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Otis \O"tis\, n. [L., a kind of bustard, Gr. ?.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of birds including the bustards.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Otis
n 1: United States inventor who manufactured the first elevator
with a safety device (1811-1861) [syn: {Otis}, {Elisha
Graves Otis}]
2: type genus of the Otididae: European bustard [syn: {Otis}, {genus
Otis}]
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