- genus Otis
- nountype genus of the Otididae: European bustard• Syn: ↑Otis• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Otididae, ↑family Otididae• Member Meronyms: ↑great bustard, ↑Otis tarda
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genus Otis
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Otis — noun 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… … Useful english dictionary
Otis tarda — bustard us tard (b[u^]s t[ e]rd), n. [OF. & Prov. F. bistarde, F. outarde, from L. avis tarda, lit., slow bird. Plin. 10, 22; proxim[ae] iis sunt, quas Hispania aves tardas appellat, Gr[ae]cia wti das. ] (Zo[ o]l.) A bird of the genus {Otis}.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Otis tetrax — bustard us tard (b[u^]s t[ e]rd), n. [OF. & Prov. F. bistarde, F. outarde, from L. avis tarda, lit., slow bird. Plin. 10, 22; proxim[ae] iis sunt, quas Hispania aves tardas appellat, Gr[ae]cia wti das. ] (Zo[ o]l.) A bird of the genus {Otis}.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Otis tarda — noun largest European land bird • Syn: ↑great bustard • Hypernyms: ↑bustard • Member Holonyms: ↑Otis, ↑genus Otis … Useful english dictionary
Otis — may refer to: People Otis family, Prominent American political family Otis (given name) Otis (surname) Fictional characters Otis, a puppy in The Adventures of Milo and Otis Otis the Aardvark, a BBC puppet character Otis Campbell, the town drunk… … Wikipedia
Otis — O tis, prop. n. [L., a kind of bustard, Gr. ?.] (Zo[ o]l.) A genus of birds including certain of the bustards. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bird genus — noun a genus of birds • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑genus Protoavis, ↑genus Archaeopteryx, ↑genus Archeopteryx, ↑genus Sinornis, ↑genus Ibero mesornis, ↑gen … Useful english dictionary
Zizina otis — Taxobox | name = Lesser Grass Blue status = image width = 240px image caption = Lesser Grass Blue, south India regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Lepidoptera familia = Lycaenidae genus = Zizina species = Z. otis… … Wikipedia
List of birds of Bulgaria — The list of Bulgarian birds includes all bird species which have been seen in the country. Birds marked with (W) are species which spend the winter in Bulgaria but do not breed there, birds marked with (V) are vagrant species and birds marked… … Wikipedia
Bustard — Bustards Kori Bustard Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia … Wikipedia
