Otis
See also: otis
Translingual edit
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.