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OTIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Otididae: European bustard

Synonyms:

genus Otis; Otis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Otis" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Otis"):

great bustard; Otis tarda (largest European land bird)

Holonyms ("Otis" is a member of...):

family Otididae; Otididae (bustards)

Sense 2

Meaning:

United States inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861)

Synonyms:

Elisha Graves Otis; Otis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

industrialist (someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise)

artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)

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