sea otter

noun

a marine otter, Enhydra lutris, of the shores of the northern Pacific, with a very valuable fur: now greatly reduced in number and rare in many areas.

sea otter

a large marine otter, Enhydra lutris, of N Pacific coasts, formerly hunted for its thick dark brown fur

First recorded in 1655–65

Of marine mammals the most characteristic are the sea-lion, fur-seal, sea-otter and harbour-seal.

"It was only a sea-otter," I tried to explain, thinking perhaps she did not care for snake stories.

The sea otter is among the swiftest swimmers of the mammals, but no air-breathing creature can compete in speed with a shark.

Within the house he saw chief Nas-nas-shup clothed in his robe of prime sea otter skins.

The skins of the sea otter are much prized by the Chinese, who pay for them from seventy to one hundred roubles a-piece.

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