RIVER OTTER Definition & Meaning

river otter

a North American otter, Lutra canadensis, with brown and silver fur, native to streams and lakes in the U.S. and Canada.

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First recorded in 1830–40

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One is a kind of tortoise last seen in 1906, the other is a river otter that scientists thought no longer existed in Argentina.

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Earlier this month, three women in southern Montana were attacked by at least one river otter, per the Associated Press.

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The particular subspecies involved, the northern river otter, is known to get as heavy as 20 pounds and to grow up to 47 inches in length.

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She refers to the duke overseeing her case as “the False Unicorn,” who “looks like an unwell river otter in a doublet.”

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But he didn’t cozy up to a river otter as a little kid.

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