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[edit] Etymology
From Old English oter. Cognate with Old High German ottar, Old Slavic ⰲⱏⰺⰴⱃⰰ, and Ancient Greek ὕδρα (“Hydra”, “water snake”). More etymology under English water.
[edit] Pronunciation
otter (plural otters)
- Any aquatic or marine carnivorous mammal, member of the family Mustelidae, which also includes weasels, polecats, badgers, and others.
- (gay slang) A hairy man with a slender physique, in contrast with a bear, who is more broadly set
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[edit] Translations
The mammal
- Albanian: lundërz (sq) f.
- Arabic: ثعلب الماء (ar) (táʻlabu -l-māʼ) m.
- Armenian: ջրասամույր (hy) (ǰrasamuyr)
- Azeri: susamuru (az)
- Basque: igaraba (eu), urtxakur (eu)
- Belarusian: выдра (be) (vydra)
- Breton: dourgi (br) m.
- Bulgarian: видра (bg) (vidra)
- Catalan: llúdria (ca) f., llúdriga (ca) f.
- Cherokee: ᏥᏯ (chr) (tsiya)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 水獺 (cmn), 水獭 (cmn) (shuǐtǎ)
- Czech: vydra (cs)
- Danish: odder (da) c.
- Dutch: otter (nl) m.
- Esperanto: lutro (eo)
- Estonian: saarmas (et)
- Faroese: otur (fo)
- Finnish: saukko (fi)
- French: loutre (fr) f.
- Friulian: lodre
- Galician: lontra (gl), londra (gl)
- Georgian: წავი (ka) (cavi)
- German: Otter (de) m.
- Greek: βίδρα (el) (vídra) f.
- Hindi: ऊदबिलाव (hi) (ūd-bilāv) m.
- Hungarian: vidra (hu)
- Icelandic: otur (is) m.
- Indonesian: linsang (id)
- Irish: dobharchú (ga) m., madra uisce (ga) m., dobhrán (ga) m., cú dobhráin (ga) m.
- Italian: lontra (it) f.
- Japanese: (freshwater) 獺, 川獺 (カワウソ, kawauso), (marine) 海獺 (ラッコ, rakko)
- Ladin: lontra
- Latgalian: iudrys m.
- Latin: lutra (la) f.
- Latvian: ūdrs (lv)
- Lithuanian: ūdra (lt)
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a hairy man
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- Turkish: (literally "bear") ayı (tr)
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[edit] Anagrams
[edit] Pronunciation
otter m. (plural otters, diminutive ottertje)
- otter
