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otter

/ot-er/US // ˈɒt ər //UK // (ˈɒtə) //

獭兔,獭猫,獭鼠,水獭

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural ot·ters, ot·ter.

    • : any of several aquatic, furbearing, weasellike mammals of the genus Lutra and related genera, having webbed feet and a long, slightly flattened tail.
    • : the fur of an otter.

Examples

  • Otter promises that it passes four times as many military drop tests as required.

  • The $10 tour lets guests ask animal experts questions about cute sea creatures, which include otters and coral-dwelling fish, and peek into areas of the aquarium that aren’t open to the public.

  • Knowing more about what makes otters tick might help scientists prep them for a changing world in the best way possible.

  • You start imagining otters heading up banks and schools and public-health commissions.

  • One explanation for this shift may be a female preference for novel songs, a focus for future study, Otter says.

  • He called Governor Otter a “salesman for the government,” a product no decent Idahoan would ever buy.

  • He had shot an otter on one of his journeys along the stream, but said he had seen hardly a trace of beavers.

  • Of marine mammals the most characteristic are the sea-lion, fur-seal, sea-otter and harbour-seal.

  • At that moment White Otter discovered something far away to the northward.

  • White Otter shot his arrow at the foremost rider, and the Pawnee fell to the plain.

  • They had gone a considerable distance when White Otter suddenly stopped and dismounted.