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Ottertail

Ottertail proper noun: a minor city in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States.

Proper noun

Ottertail

  1. A minor city in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States.
  2. A river and locality (on the Canadian Pacific Railway) in British Columbia, Canada.
    • C.P.R. 2-10-4 No. 5906 on the second part of the westbound Dominion between Field and Ottertail, British Columbia. In the background is Mount Stephen.1939 November, “Overseas Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 348, photo caption

Questions about Ottertail

What does Ottertail mean?
Ottertail means a minor city in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States.
What part of speech is Ottertail?
Ottertail is a proper noun.

Words near Ottertail in the dictionary

  1. otterskins
  2. ottersona
  3. ottersonas
  4. Otterspool
  5. Ottersweier
  6. Ottertail
  7. ottertaur
  8. Otterton
  9. ottery
  10. Ottery St Mary
  11. Ottesen

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