·noun A genus of birds including the bustards.
OTIS a town on the Euphrates below Babylon, just above the commencement of the Babylonian Marshes. (...
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
ōtis, ĭdis, f., = ὠτίς, a species of bustard , Plin. 10, 22, 29, § 57; 30, 14, 45, § 131. ...
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