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Recent Examples of otter
Several chocolate molds have been found including Fetzer’s signature otter mold.
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La Risa R. Lynch, jsonline.com, 26 Dec. 2025
The otters are considered the smallest and most social of the 13 otter species.
—Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 21 Dec. 2025
Back in 2023, a rat and an otter were smuggled into a passenger's suitcase on a flight from Bangkok to Taiwan, as Fox News Digital reported at the time.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 16 Dec. 2025
The video of the reunion shows the team pausing at a safe distance away from the pup's mother, holding out Caterpillar, and letting the baby otter cry out when the mother is in sight.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025
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La Risa R. Lynch, jsonline.com, 26 Dec. 2025
The otters are considered the smallest and most social of the 13 otter species.
—Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 21 Dec. 2025
Back in 2023, a rat and an otter were smuggled into a passenger's suitcase on a flight from Bangkok to Taiwan, as Fox News Digital reported at the time.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 16 Dec. 2025
The video of the reunion shows the team pausing at a safe distance away from the pup's mother, holding out Caterpillar, and letting the baby otter cry out when the mother is in sight.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for otter
Noun
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In March 2023, the Beaver Trust revealed in a press release that the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SSPCA) took in Fig the beaver after someone found the animal with a gunshot wound on his face in the Perthshire area in January 2023.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
13 Apr. 2026
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Some backlash is brewing against this beloved beaver chain over a new gas policy.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In other words, as my grandmother (yes, her again) might have said, the lady really knew how to drag her mink.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 2026
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Kansas City’s Line Creek Forest is where various species of birds, squirrels, deer, minks, fish and turtles call home.—
Jenna Ebbers,
Kansas City Star,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Otters are part of the weasel family (Mustelidae), which includes some of nature’s most ferocious pint-sized predators, such as badgers, martens, and wolverines.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 Apr. 2026
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Dachshunds are clever hunters, bred hundreds of years ago in Germany to sniff out badgers.—
Mindy Schauer,
Oc Register,
8 Apr. 2026
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In Toronto, the raccoons are in a race to outwit humans as urban wildlife managers try to design animal-proof trash bins.—
Daniel T. Blumstein,
The Conversation,
8 Apr. 2026
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If given the opportunity, squirrel and raccoon mothers will take their babies back—but these marsupial mothers are less forgiving.—
Margherita Bassi,
Popular Science,
8 Apr. 2026
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Since 2005, Lake Katherine has been a refuge for migrating birds, beavers, muskrats, bald eagles, ospreys, turtles, and more.—
Mikayla Price,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2026
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That includes foxes, minks, muskrats, otters, least weasels and bobcats.—
Austin Hornbostel,
Nashville Tennessean,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Otters are part of the weasel family (Mustelidae), which includes some of nature’s most ferocious pint-sized predators, such as badgers, martens, and wolverines.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 Apr. 2026
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Wolverines are beagle-sized carnivores related to weasels, ermines, badgers, martens, otters, and black footed ferrets, all of which are native to this state.—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
3 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Prosecutors said the pet rabbit died from blunt force trauma to the chest, abdomen and face.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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For her two Boerboels, their diet includes rotating proteins like turkey, duck, venison and rabbit along with organ meats and supplements.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
7 Apr. 2026
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Seaweed farming could open up an additional income source that makes use of fishers’ existing gear and expertise.—
Megan Zhang,
Saveur,
8 Apr. 2026
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The Fresno Forestry Sciences Laboratory, for example, focused its research ecosystems in the Sierra Nevada mountains, looking at strategies to help sustain species like the California spotted owls, fishers and yellow-legged frogs.—
Kate Talerico,
San Francisco Chronicle,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Otter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/otter. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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