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Definition: Enhydra lutris
Enhydra lutris
n : large marine otter of northern Pacific coasts having very
thick dark brown fur [syn:
sea otter]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Enhydra lutris
Otter
\Ot"ter\ ([o^]t"t[~e]r), n. [OE. oter, AS. otor; akin to
D. & G. otter, Icel. otr, Dan. odder, Sw. utter, Lith. udra,
Russ, vuidra, Gr. "y`dra water serpent, hydra, Skr. udra
otter, and also to E. water. [root]137, 215. See
Water, and
cf.
Hydra.]
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1. (Zo["o]l.) Any carnivorous animal of the genera
Lutra,
Enhydra, and related genera of the family
Mustelidae.
Several species are described. They have large, flattish
heads, short ears, and webbed toes. They are aquatic, and
feed on fish. The sea otter (
Enhydra lutris) also eats
clams, crabs, starfish, abalone, and other marine animals;
they may come to the surface, and lying on their backs
using the stomach as a table, may be seen cracking open
the shell of its prey with a rock. The common otter of
Europe is
Lutra vulgaris; the
North American otter (or
American otter) is
Lutra Canadensis, which inhabits
marshes, streams and rivers; other species inhabit South
America and Asia. The North American otter adult is about
three to four feet long (including the tail) and weighs
from 10 to 30 pounds; the sea otter is commonly four feet
long and 45 pounds (female) or 60 pounds (male). Their fur
is soft and valuable, and in the nineteenth century they
were hunted extensively. The sea otter was hunted to near
extinction by 1900, and is now protected. Fewer than 3,000
sea otters are believed to live along the central
California coast.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) The larva of the ghost moth. It is very
injurious to hop vines.
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Otter hound,
Otter dog (Zo["o]l.), a small breed of
hounds, used in England for hunting otters; see
otterhound .
Otter sheep. See
Ancon sheep, under
Ancon.
Otter shell (Zo["o]l.), very large bivalve mollusk
(
Schizoth[ae]rus Nuttallii) found on the northwest coast
of America. It is excellent food, and is extensively used
by the Indians.
Sea otter. (Zo["o]l.) See in the Vocabulary.
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