otter

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ot·ter /ˈɒtə $ ˈɑːtər/ noun [countable]  HBAan animal with smooth brown fur that swims in rivers and eats fish 水獭

Examples from the Corpus

otter• Small-clawed Otter Eighteen species of otter are known, all of similar shape, but variable in size.• Ocelots, jaguars, otters, tapirs, harpy eagles, and other endangered species survive there.• Eventually divers provided first hand evidence that sea otters use rocks as hammers under water to dislodge the abalones.• They're becoming experts on the otter.• He says the otters that have swallowed a lot of oil may be so ill there's nothing that can be done.• Pupils at Bredon School on the Worcestershire Gloucestershire border are making sure the otters are made welcome by building an artificial holt.• Sometimes a young otter trails the white-faced adult, and is harried by a hungry gull competing for scraps of abalone.Origin otter Old English otor

ot·ter nounChineseSyllable  

fur swims an animal smooth with Corpus that brown

otter
ot‧ter /ˈɒtə $ ˈɑːtər/ noun [countable]an animal with smooth brown fur that swims in rivers and eats fish

otterBrE /ˈɒtə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɑːtər/ 🔊 nouna small animal that has four webbed feet (= with skin between the toes), a tail and thick brown fur. Otters live in rivers and eat fish. 水獭