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).
Hypernyms
- (genus): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clade; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Otidiformes - order; Otididae - family
Derived terms
References
- 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/
Proper noun
Otis
- A surname, notably of the American revolutionary hero James Otis and the innovator and industrialist Elisha Otis.
- (chiefly US) A male given name, transferred from the surname.
- 1961 Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road, Vintage Contemporaries, 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.
- 1961 Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road, Vintage Contemporaries, 2000, →ISBN, page 74
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