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Otis
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O·tis  (ts), Elisha Graves 1811-1861.
American inventor of the first passenger elevator (installed 1857).
Otis, James 1725-1783.
American Revolutionary politician and publicist whose speeches and pamphlets influenced American sentiment against the British.
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Noun1.OtisOtis - United States inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861)
Elisha Graves Otis
2.Otis - type genus of the Otididae: European bustard
genus Otis
bird genus - a genus of birds
family Otididae, Otididae - bustards
great bustard, Otis tarda - largest European land bird


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