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  • noun Plural form of otter.

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Examples

  • (water-dogs), taking name from the abundance of these animals (which we term otters) sometime haunting and using it. '

    Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts Rosalind Northcote

  • Now one of the chief threats to otters is being run over as they cross roads between streams.

    River clean-up brings otters back from brink of extinction Stephen Bates 2010

  • Just saying, punching otters is the final step of the Apocalypse.

    FIRST 5 MINUTES OF CLOVERFIELD 2007

  • Whilst he was doing this, two quadrupeds,called otters, came up from the sea, and, lying down before him on the sand, breathed upon his feet, and wiped them with theirhair after which, having received his blessing, they returned to their native element.

    Cuthbert of Lindisfarne Donna Farley 2007

  • Whilst he was doing this, two quadrupeds,called otters, came up from the sea, and, lying down before him on the sand, breathed upon his feet, and wiped them with theirhair after which, having received his blessing, they returned to their native element.

    Archive 2007-03-01 Donna Farley 2007

  • After they'd caught a few, the journey south would begin, which for the otters is the most risky part.

    The Seattle Times 2010

  • Harry Liquornik, a longtime diver, calls the otters - 4-foot members of the weasel family -

    News for Richmond Times-Dispatch 2010

  • Griffin, who is retired and has traveled to every continent except Antarctica, said the otters were the only folk-art piece that survived the storm, which made landfall Sept. 13, causing severe flooding and damaging much of the upper Texas coast.

    The Daily News - News 2009

  • Griffin, who is retired and has traveled to every continent except Antarctica, said the otters were the only folk-art piece that survived the storm, which made landfall Sept. 13, causing severe flooding and damaging much of the upper Texas coast.

    The Daily News - News 2009

  • Griffin, who is retired and has traveled to every continent except Antarctica, said the otters were the only folk-art piece that survived the storm, which made landfall Sept. 13, causing severe flooding and damaging much of the upper Texas coast.

    The Daily News - News 2009

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