otter : Idioms & Phrases

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eurasian otter

  • noun otter found in Europe and Asia
    Lutra lutra.
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otter hound

  • noun hardy British hound having long pendulous ears and a thick coarse shaggy coat with an oily undercoat; bred for hunting otters
    otterhound.
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Otter hound, Otter dog

  • (Zoöl.), a small breed of hounds, used in England for hunting otters.
Webster 1913

Otter sheep

  • . See Ancon sheep, under Ancon.
Webster 1913

Otter shell

  • (Zoöl.), very large bivalve mollusk (Schizothærus Nuttallii) found on the northwest coast of America. It is excellent food, and is extensively used by the Indians.
Webster 1913

otter shrew

  • noun amphibious African insectivorous mammal that resembles an otter
    Potamogale velox; potamogale.
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river otter

  • noun sociable aquatic animal widely distributed along streams and lake borders in North America
    Lutra canadensis.
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Sea otter

  • noun large marine otter of northern Pacific coasts having very thick dark brown fur
    Enhydra lutris.
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  • . (Zoöl.) See in the Vocabulary.
Webster 1913

Sea-otter's cabbage

  • (Bot.), a gigantic kelp of the Pacific Ocean (Nereocystis Lutkeana). See Nereocystis.
Webster 1913