Definitions
A web-footed mammal that swims in rivers and coasts.
Word origin
From Middle English oter, otir, otur, otyre, from Old English otor, from Proto-West Germanic *otr, from Proto-Germanic *utraz, from Proto-Indo-European *udrós (“aquatic, water-animal”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water”).
Used in a sentence
“'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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“River swimmer”5 letters
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