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Definition of Otaria

1. Noun. Type genus of the Otariidae.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Otaria

Literary usage of Otaria

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology (1869)
"ON THE SKULL OF AN Otaria (Otaria ULLO.E ?) FROM THE CHINCHA ISLANDS. By JAMES MD, RN THE osteological characters of this skull correspond to the genus ..."

2. The Marine Mammals in the Anatomical Museum of the University of Edinburgh by William Turner (1912)
"I. Otaria. (Ot.) Otaria, Peron, Voyage aux terres austr., ii. 1816. ... Otaria leonina, Gray, British Mus. Cat., 1866. Length about 7 feet. ..."

3. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1858)
"Buffon first adopted the division into the earless and eared seals ; and Peron, a justly celebrated French naturalist and voyager, proposed the term Otaria ..."

4. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1858)
"Buffon first adopted the division into the earless and eared seals ; and Peron, a justly celebrated French naturalist and voyager, proposed the term Otaria ..."

5. Animal Products: Their Preparation, Commercial Uses, and Value by Peter Lund Simmonds (1877)
"They are found also in the Kurile Islands and east coast 01 Kamschatka. The sea lions of the Southern Ocean are the Otaria jubata and O, ..."

6. Catalogue of Seals and Whales in the British Museum by John Edward Gray (1871)
"Otaria jubata. Sea-lion. Fur dark brown; cheeks, temples, and sides of the forehead black ; neck greyish brown ; back of the neck yellow-brown ; belly dusky ..."

7. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1869)
"Otaria philippii (Peters) belongs to the same generic section as Arctocephalus ... Zool. Soc. 1868, pp. 405-440. of the Seal-fisheries. Otaria ..."

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