Meaning of Otter | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An aquatic or marine carnivorous mammal in the subfamily Lutrinae.
   countable, uncountable
2. annatto (dye)
   obsolete, uncountable
3. Archaic form of attar.
   alt-of, archaic, uncountable
4. A river with its source in the Blackdown Hills, Somerset, and which flows through Devon, to Lyme Bay in the English Channel.
5. The flesh or fur of this animal
   uncountable
6. A hairy man with a slender physique, in contrast with a bear, who is more thickset.
   countable, slang, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“'The Aleuts come from a country far to the north,' he said. 'Their ways are not ours nor is their language. They have come to take otter and to give us our share in many goods which they have and which we can use.”

“[…] the precious perfume called otter of roses.”

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