Oto
or O·toe
a member of a Siouan-speaking tribe of North American Indians who formerly inhabited the lower Missouri River basin and now live in Oklahoma.
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Other definitions for oto- (2 of 2)
a combining form meaning “ear,” used in the formation of compound words: otology.
Origin of oto-
2- Also especially before a vowel, ot-.
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How to use Oto in a sentence
He informed us, that it is in such high request amongst the Oto Indians, that a horse has been exchanged for eight or ten of them.
Swim (v), ni̍huan (an French); same word as in the Oto language.
Mr. Bodmer took the portraits of an Omaha and an Oto Indian.
Near the mouth of Gasconade River we met the Oto steam-boat.
Ietan, an Oto, of whom we have before spoken, visited us to-day for the purpose of getting two gun-locks mended.
Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume XIV | Edwin James
British Dictionary definitions for oto-
indicating the ear: otitis; otolith
Origin of oto-
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