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otter
1[ ot-er ]
noun
- any of several aquatic, furbearing, weasellike mammals of the genus Lutra and related genera, having webbed feet and a long, slightly flattened tail.
- the fur of an otter.
Otter
2[ ot-er ]
noun
- (in the Volsunga Saga ) a son of Hreidmar, who assumed the form of an otter when fishing, and who was killed by Loki while in that form.
otter
/ ˈɒə /
noun
- any freshwater carnivorous musteline mammal of the subfamily Lutrinae, esp Lutra lutra ( Eurasian otter ), typically having smooth fur, a streamlined body, and webbed feet
- the fur of any of these animals
- Also calledotter board a type of fishing tackle consisting of a weighted board to which hooked and baited lines are attached
verb
- to fish using an otter
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of otter1
Example Sentences
On California’s North Coast, where other urchin nemeses — like otters, spiny lobsters and sheephead — are lacking, 96% of the region’s kelp forests vanished in the decade following the sea star collapse.
"When we realised an otter was outside they all rushed out to see, it was snacking on my husband's latest catch," she said.
They look like a cross between an otter and a gopher but they taste something like a rabbit or dark meat from turkey.
Sleek sea otters dive and twirl in a tank before awed visitors.
Trump needs to be clued in about California geography and its complex water system because he doesn’t seem to know California water from a sea otter.
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