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Definition of Sea otter
1. Noun. Large marine otter of northern Pacific coasts having very thick dark brown fur.
Generic synonyms: Mustelid, Musteline, Musteline Mammal
Group relationships: Enhydra, Genus Enhydra
Definition of Sea otter
1. Noun. A marine mammal native to the northern Pacific Ocean, scientific name ''Enhydra lutris'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Sea otter
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sea Otter
Literary usage of Sea otter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our Arctic Province: Alaska and the Seal Islands by Henry Wood Elliott (1886)
"—Feverish Energy of the Early Russian Sea-otter Traders —Their ... Greed for
Sea-otter Skins Leads the Russians to Explore the Entire Alaskan Coast, ..."
2. Our Arctic Province, Alaska and the Seal Islands by Henry Wood Elliott (1906)
"Feverish Energy of the Early Russian Sea-otter Traders.—Their Shameful Excesses.—Greed
for Sea-otter Skins Leads the Russians to Explore the Entire Alaskan ..."
3. History of Alaska: 1730-1885 by Hubert Howe Bancroft, Alfred Bates, Ivan Petroff, William Nemos (1886)
"... so now the sea- otter lures the same venturesome race out among the islands,
and ice, and fog-banks of ocean. The first to engage in hunting sea-otters ..."
4. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1827)
"The sea otter (Mustela Lutris) is full twice the size of the Common Otter: ...
During winter, the sea otter confines itself to the ice near the sea-shore, ..."
5. The Days of a Man: Being Memories of a Naturalist, Teacher, and Minor by David Starr Jordan (1922)
"When we took possession of Alaska in 1867, the sea otter, a unique and valuable
animal, was still abundant. In early Russian times it had ..."
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