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    [Noun]  | "ot*ter" | \ ˈä-tər \


    1: any of various largely aquatic carnivorous mammals (such as genus Lutra or Enhydra) of the weasel family that usually have webbed and clawed feet and dark brown fur

    2: the fur or pelt of an otter


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English otre, oter, otir, going back to Old English otr, oter, otor, going back to Germanic *utra- (whence also Middle Dutch otter "otter," Old High German ottar, Old Norse otr), going back to Indo-European *ud-r-o- "aquatic animal" (whence also Sanskrit udráḥ "aquatic animal, otter," Avestan udra-) with a feminine variant *ud-r-eh2-, whence Latin lutra "otter" (with unetymological l- and -t-), Russian výdra, Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian vȉdra, Lithuanian ū́dra, Old Prussian udro (Balto-Slavic with vowel lengthening and acute accent), Greek hýdra "aquatic snake, {see: |hydra|Hydra}" (also hýdros "the grass snake Natrix natrix," énydris "otter"); both forms zero-grade derivatives of Indo-European *u̯ód-r-/*u̯ed-n- water {mat|water:1|};

    [Noun]  | "sea otter" 


    1: a rare marine otter (Enhydra lutris) of the northern Pacific coasts that may attain a length of six feet (two meters), is chiefly brown but with lighter coloration on the back of the head and neck, and feeds largely on shellfish


    Origin: 1664 ;

     [ "otters" ]

    1: a little kiddy game me and my cousin used to play whenever i went over to her house and we went to the neighborhood pool to swim. its when you pretend that your an otter, and you take a rock and sorta scrape at the bottom of the pool, supposedly digging up clams. also see sharks and minnows.

      * e.g.,  ... me, karen and aaron played otters a few days ago. 

     [ "The Otter" ]

    1: A sexual position where the female lays on top of the male, belly to belly and the male inserts his penis inside the females vagina

      * e.g.,  ... “Ayo Jon I know you gave that German girl the otter the other day” 

     [ "otter" ]

    1: A gay man who is very hairy all over his body, but is smaller in frame and weighs considerably less than a bear.

      * e.g.,  ... "Larry is an otter, and he likes to date bears or other otters." 

     [ "ottering" ]

    1: Initially appears to be an activity without purpose; after closer examination, it is a mundane task or job done with playful enjoyment.

      * e.g.,  ... Jimmy's wadding up his dirty clothes, 'shooting hoops' into the laundry basket. Jimmy's mom: "Will you stop ottering and bring me that hamper! I need to get the laundry done!" 

     [ "otter" ]

    1: a furry semiaquatic mammal in in the same family as wolverines also a term in the gay community for a lean muscular man with scruff and mild to significant body hair (neither a twink nor a bear but not to be confused with a “cub”)

      * e.g.,  ... As an otter people outside the gay community tend to ask me if I’m a bear because of the hair on my chest and belly. 

     [ "otter" ]

    1: A gay skinny and hairy man

      * e.g.,  ... I think you would really like my friend tom hes a real otter 

     [ "otter" ]

    1: A skiny, hairy gay man.

      * e.g.,  ... Because I am a skinny, hairy gay man, I refer to myself as an otter. 

     [ "Ottered" ]

    1: I was in a conversation about a story and someone asked whether to be flattered or offended. I created ottered.

      * e.g.,  ... Person1 - "Did you hear what that story said? " 

     [ "otterism" ]

    1: the worship of the otter

      * e.g.,  ... Chris: Otterism is God. 

     [ "Otter" ]

    1: What Jenna Mourey and Julien Solomita (JennaMarbles and JulienSolo) call each other.

      * e.g.,  ... You're so sweet, Otter! 

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