noun
1. United States inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861)
• Syn: ↑Elisha Graves Otis
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑inventor, ↑discoverer, ↑artificer, ↑industrialist
2. type genus of the Otididae: European bustard
• Syn: ↑genus Otis
• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Otididae, ↑family Otididae
• Member Meronyms: ↑great bustard, ↑Otis tarda
Useful english dictionary. 2012.