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otterless

otterless adjective: without otters.

Adjective

otterless (not comparable)

  1. Without otters.
    • In the upper canyon wildlife biologists lean over a holding crate, open the latches, and release ten sleek river otters that, they hope, will reclaim Desolation — nearly otterless during the past century...2000, Richard F. Fleck, A Colorado River reader

Origin of otterless

From otter + -less.

Questions about otterless

What does otterless mean?
Otterless means without otters.
What part of speech is otterless?
Otterless is an adjective.

Words near otterless in the dictionary

  1. otterhound
  2. otterhounds
  3. ottering
  4. Otterington
  5. otterish
  6. otterless
  7. otterlike
  8. otterly
  9. ottermode
  10. otterpox
  11. otters

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