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OTTER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Freshwater carnivorous mammal having webbed and clawed feet and dark brown fur
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("otter" is a kind of...):
mustelid; musteline; musteline mammal (fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "otter"):
Lutra canadensis; river otter (sociable aquatic animal widely distributed along streams and lake borders in North America)
Eurasian otter; Lutra lutra (otter found in Europe and Asia)
Holonyms ("otter" is a member of...):
genus Lutra; Lutra (in some classifications considered a genus of the subfamily Lutrinae)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The fur of an otter
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("otter" is a kind of...):
fur; pelt (the dressed hairy coat of a mammal)
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