English noun: Otis | |||
1. | Otis (person) United States inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861) | ||
Synonyms | Elisha Graves Otis | ||
Instance hypernym | artificer, discoverer, industrialist, inventor | ||
2. | Otis (animal) type genus of the Otididae: European bustard | ||
Synonyms | genus Otis | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bird genus | ||
Member holonym | great bustard, Otis tarda | ||
Member meronym | family Otididae, Otididae | ||