Otis

See also: otis

Translingual

great bustard (Otis tarda), the only species in its genus.

Etymology

From Latin ōtis (“bustard”), from Ancient Greek ὠτίς (ōtís).

Proper noun

Otis f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Otididae – great bustard (Otis tarda).

Hypernyms

• (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

• (genus): Otis tarda - sole accepted extant species

Derived terms

• Ardeotis
• Lissotis
• Neotis
• Chlamydotis
• Sypheotides
• Lophotis
• Eupodotis
• Afrotis

References

• 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

Etymology

A patronymic surname derived from Middle English genitive case of the Germanic given name Ote, Ode, cognate to modern Otto.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈoʊtɪs/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈəʊtɪs/
• Rhymes: -əʊtɪs

Proper noun

Otis

1. A surname transferred from the given name, notably of the American revolutionary hero James Otis and the innovator and industrialist Elisha Otis.
2. (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.

3. An Otis elevator.

Anagrams

• ITSO, SITO, SOTI, Tosi, Tsoi, isot, sito-