
Meaning of OTIS
| Pronunciation: | | 'owtis
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WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] type genus of the Otididae: European bustard
- [n] United States inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861)
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OTIS is a 4 letter word that starts with O. |
| | Synonyms: | | Elisha Graves Otis, genus Otis |
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| | See Also: | | artificer, bird genus, discoverer, family Otididae, great bustard, industrialist, inventor, Otididae, Otis tarda | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \O"tis\, n. [L., a kind of bustard, Gr. ?.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of birds including the bustards.
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