Otis
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
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