otis

English Thesaurus

1. type genus of the Otididae: European bustard (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bird genus,
definition	:	a genus of birds (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	great bustard, otis tarda,
definition	:	largest European land bird (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family otididae, otididae,
definition	:	bustards (noun.animal)

2. United States inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861) (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	industrialist,
definition	:	someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	artificer, discoverer, inventor,
definition	:	someone who is the first to think of or make something (noun.person)