otis

Noun

O=tis

WORDNET DICTIONARY

otis(n = noun.person) elisha graves otis - United States inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861);

is a kind of industrialist, artificer, discoverer, inventor

otis(n = noun.animal) genus otis - type genus of the Otididae: European bustard;

is a kind of bird genus

is a member of family otididae, otididae

otis, prop. n. [L., a kind of bustard, Gr. .].

A genus of birds including certain of the bustards. [1913 Webster]