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otter

  • noun
  • ŏtʹər

An aquatic or marine carnivorous mammal in the subfamily Lutrinae.

Other meanings

  1. The flesh or fur of this animal

  2. A hairy man with a slender physique, in contrast with a bear, who is more thickset.

A kind of

  • fur

Word history

From Old English "otor".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “otter” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.