noun
1. a member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska
• Syn: ↑Otoe
2. a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Oto
• Syn: ↑Otoe
• Hypernyms: ↑Chiwere
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noun or otoe \\ˈōd.(ˌ)ō\ (plural oto or otos or otoe or otoes)Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: perhaps from Iowa-Oto wat'ota, literally, lechers; from the seduction of one chief's daughter by another chief's son
1.
a. : a Siouan people in the Platte and Missouri river valleys of Nebraska
b. : a member of such people
2. : a dialect of Chiwere
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/oh"toh/, n., pl. Otos, (esp. collectively) Oto.
a member of a Siouan-speaking tribe of North American Indians who formerly inhabited the lower Missouri River basin and now live in Oklahoma.
Also, Otoe.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.