Otter Definition

ŏtər

otters

noun

Any of various furry carnivores (family Mustelidae) with webbed feet used in swimming and a long, slightly flattened tail.

Webster's New World

The short, thick, lustrous fur of this animal.

Webster's New World

(gay slang) A hairy man with a slender physique, in contrast with a bear, who is more broadly set.

Wiktionary

(obsolete) Annatto.

Wiktionary

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Wiktionary

pronoun

A river whose source in the Blackdown Hills, Somerset, and which flows into Lyme Bay in English Channel.

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Other Word Forms of Otter

Noun

Singular:

otter

Plural:

otters

Origin of Otter

From Old English oter, from Proto-Germanic *utraz, from Proto-Indo-European *udrós (“water-animal, otter"), from *wed- (“water"). Cognate with Old High German ottar, Old Church Slavonic ⰲⱏⰺⰴⱃⰰ (vydra), and Ancient Greek ὕδρα (hydra, “water snake"). More etymology under English water.

From Wiktionary
Middle English oter from Old English otor wed-¹ in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition