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Sea otter   /si ˈɑtər/   Listen
Sea otter

noun
1.
Large marine otter of northern Pacific coasts having very thick dark brown fur.  Synonym: Enhydra lutris.






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"Sea otter" Quotes from Famous Books



... 1869 other whalers engaged in the same pursuit, and in 1870 the American fleet is believed to have destroyed not less than fifty thousand of these animals. They yield about twenty gallons of oil and four or five pounds of ivory each.] and the sea otter, are already so reduced in numbers that they seem destined soon to follow the sea cow, unless protected by legislation stringent enough, and a police energetic enough, to repress the ardent cupidity of their pursuers. The ...
— The Earth as Modified by Human Action • George P. Marsh



Words linked to "Sea otter" :   musteline mammal, genus Enhydra, Enhydra lutris, musteline, mustelid, Enhydra



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