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How to use otter in a sentence

24 example sentences · noun

Otter means an aquatic or marine carnivorous mammal in the subfamily Lutrinae. Example: “Figure 1 shows a photograph of an otter spraint.”

Examples of otter by meaning

nounThe flesh or fur of this animal.

  • They have come to take otter and to give us our share in many goods which they have and which we can use.1960, Scott O'Dell, Island of the Blue Dolphins, Puffin Books, page 11

More sentences with otter

  • Figure 1 shows a photograph of an otter spraint.From the entry spraint
  • The tour promised spiritual experiences with humpback whales and other cetaceans, but all we saw were seagulls and a dead sea otter.From the entry cetacean
  • In a humanfree world, crabs would still be pulled apart limb by limb by otters.2019, “The End All Suffering FAQ”, in OnlyOneSolution.org, archived from the original on 30 Oct 2019. From the entry human-free
  • Otters are even harder to spot; the coypu, a North American water rat, is more commonly seen.2004, James McConnachie, Rough Guide to the Loire, page 43. From the entry water rat
  • I finally decided that it would be something that otters would love to do.2001 May 22, Jeff Novotny, “Anthros and Sports”, in alt.fan.furry (Usenet). From the entry anthro
  • Searching for hard-shelled prey – molluscs, crabs and the like – there are two species of bear otter in Kanapoi.2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 25. From the entry mollusc
  • A raft of otters at rest in the river.2019, Jennifer McCartney, The Little Book of Otter Philosophy, HarperCollins Publishers. From the entry raft
  • What we called “otter mode” at the gym.2014, SM Reine, Hotter Than Helltown, unnumbered page. From the entry ottermode
  • Scientists are wondering if otters might help control the mink.2008, Susan H. Gray, “Scrambled Eggs”, in American Mink (Animal Invaders), Ann Arbor, Mich.: Cherry Lake Publishing, →ISBN, page 26. From the entry mink
  • Otters live in the same habitats that American mink do.2008, Susan H. Gray, “Scrambled Eggs”, in American Mink (Animal Invaders), Ann Arbor, Mich.: Cherry Lake Publishing, →ISBN, page 26. From the entry mink
  • By devising creative ways to freefeed the otters, the animal care staff played a key role in enriching the animals' lives.2001, Soundings: Newsletter of the International Marine Animal Trainers Association, Volumes 26-27. From the entry freefeed
  • He useta trap otter, mink, mushkrats, and bear, wolves.1997, Shawn Thompson, Soul of the River: Life in the Thousand Islands, GeneralStore PublishingHouse, →ISBN, page 44. From the entry useta
  • Land otters were fearful hybrid beings of the spirit world.1994, Resources in Education, page 114. From the entry kushtaka
  • To hunted otters these trees offered holding as secure as any in the country of the Two Rivers.1927, Henry William Williamson, Tarka the Otter, Chapter 19. From the entry holt
  • Otter, a humdrum and respectable little person, had scabrous intrigues.1915, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter XLIII, in Of Human Bondage, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, →OCLC. From the entry involved
  • “Because of the risk to public safety, efforts will be made to locate this group of river otters and remove them,” authorities said.2021 September 27, Amanda Holpuch, “River otter attacks baffle authorities in Anchorage, Alaska”, in The Guardian. From the entry exhibit
  • The wildcat and mouse-eared bat are on the brink, but deer are spreading and otters bouncing back, according to a comprehensive analysis.2018 June 13, Damian Carrington, The Guardian. From the entry mouse-eared bat
  • But globophobia (fear of balloons), lutraphobia (fear of otters) and octophobia (fear of the figure eight), are a little harder to understand.2008 October 1, “Scared of this? You must be lutraphobic”, in The Daily Mail. From the entry globophobia
  • Soon the Haida were caught up in the lucrative fur trade, and the time they spent hunting sea otters and other marine mammals greatly increased.2003, Sharon Busby, Spruce Root Basketry of the Haida and Tlingit, Lucia Marquand Books, →ISBN, page 109. From the entry Haida
  • Anyone who has watched, for example, a litter of otter cubs rolling about in an ottery tangle can hardly doubt that they're really having fun.1991, BBC Wildlife, page 236. From the entry ottery
  • Open season for black or brown bear, ring-tail cat, coon, pine marten, fisher, wolverine, mink, skunk, river otter, and fox, October 15 to February 29.1919, George A. Lawyer, Frank L. Earnshaw, Ned Dearborn, Farmers' Bulletin, volume 1079, Laws Relating to Fur-Bearing Animals, 1919: A…. From the entry ringtail cat
  • The order formerly known as Insectivora included solenodons; shrews; moles and desmans; hedgehogs and moonrats or gymnures; golden moles, tenrecs, and otter shrews; and sengis or elephant shrews.2007, Marian Armstrong, Wildlife and Plants, volume 9 (Horseshoe Crab – Ladybug), New York, N.Y.: Marshall Cavendish, →ISBN, page 540. From the entry sengi
  • Marten, wolverine, lynx, ermine, fox, mink, beaver, and land otter were plentiful in the general vicinity of Kijik and traps and deadfalls were set for them.1974, Alaska Planning Group, United States Department of the Interior, “History and Archeology”, in Final Environmental Statement…. From the entry deadfall

Meaning of otter

  1. noun An aquatic or marine carnivorous mammal in the subfamily Lutrinae.
  2. noun The flesh or fur of this animal.
  3. noun A hairy man with a slender physique, in contrast with a bear, who is more thickset.

Full definition of otter

Questions about otter in a sentence

How do you use otter in a sentence?
Otter is used as a noun. For example: “Figure 1 shows a photograph of an otter spraint.”
What is a short sentence with otter?
“What we called “otter mode” at the gym.”
What does otter mean?
Otter means an aquatic or marine carnivorous mammal in the subfamily Lutrinae.

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