Otis
See also: otis
Translingual
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Etymology
[edit]From Latin ōtis (“bustard”), from Ancient Greek ὠτίς (ōtís).
Proper noun
[edit]Otis f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Otididae – great bustard (Otis tarda).
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Gruiformes - order; Otididae - family
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Otis tarda - sole accepted extant species
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]Otis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Otis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Otis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A patronymic surname derived from Middle English genitive case of the Germanic given name Ote, Ode, cognate to modern Otto.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Otis
- A surname transferred from the given name, notably of the American revolutionary hero James Otis and the innovator and industrialist Elisha Otis.
- (chiefly US) A male given name from the Germanic languages, transferred from the surname.
- 1961, Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road, Vintage Contemporaries, published 2000, →ISBN, page 74:
- […] in a world of mandatory diminutives, a corporation of jolly Bills and Jacks and Herbs and Teds in which an unabbreviable given name like Earl must have been a minor handicap, "Oat" was the best that could be done for a man with the given name of Otis.
- An Otis elevator.
Anagrams
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