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Definition of Lutra
1. Noun. In some classifications considered a genus of the subfamily Lutrinae.
Exact synonyms: Genus Lutra
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Mustelidae, Mustelidae
Member holonyms: Otter
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Mustelidae, Mustelidae
Member holonyms: Otter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lutra
Literary usage of Lutra
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of British Quadrupeds, Including the Cetacea by Thomas Bell, Robert F. Tomes, Edward Richard Alston (1874)
"Genus, Lutra. OTTER. (reverie Character.—Body elongated and low ; feet with five
toes on caeli, palmate*! ; tail flattened horizontally ; incisive teeth J, ..."
2. Catalogue of Carnivorous, Pachydermatous, and Edentate Mammalia in the by John Edward Gray (1869)
"Lutra insularis, F. Cuvier, Diet. Sri. Nat. xxvii. p. 345. ... Lutra. The muzzle
bald, oblong-transverse, with a straight upper and lower edge; ..."
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