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Otis

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: Otis

1
 n
United States inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861)
2
 n
type genus of the Otididae: European bustard
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: Otis
1

n United States inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861)

Synonyms:
Elisha Graves Otis
Example of:
industrialist
someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise
artificer, discoverer, inventor
someone who is the first to think of or make something
2

n type genus of the Otididae: European bustard

Synonyms:
genus Otis
Type of:
bird genus
a genus of birds
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