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Recent Examples of otter
The otters are considered the smallest and most social of the 13 otter species.
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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
In one clip, filmed at the Seneca Park Zoo in Indiana, a trainer uses hand gestures and a clicker to get an otter to wave, bop its nose onto her hand, and retrieve toys.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 11 Nov. 2025
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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
In one clip, filmed at the Seneca Park Zoo in Indiana, a trainer uses hand gestures and a clicker to get an otter to wave, bop its nose onto her hand, and retrieve toys.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 11 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for otter
Noun
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Directed by Daniel Chong, the movie is about a 19-year-old environmentalist who infiltrates the animal world in the body of a beaver.—
Lindsey Bahr,
Fortune,
9 Mar. 2026
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On a mission to save a beloved patch of nature from a construction project in the fictional town of Beaverton, the beaver-bodied Mabel inadvertently sparks an uprising among the animals that live there.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
8 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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
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My grandmother treasures a mink coat her father bought her more than 60 years ago.—
Alexandra Emanuelli,
Southern Living,
25 Feb. 2026
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Robin Hood was portrayed as a fox, Little John was depicted as a bear, Friar Tuck as a badger, Prince John as a lion, the sheriff of Nottingham as a wolf and Maid Marian as a vixen.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
6 Mar. 2026
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Lundberg’s confidence reflects that of his players, who’ve been instilled with the vision of being honey badgers.—
John Wawrow,
Twin Cities,
15 Feb. 2026
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Deep canyons are best left to the raccoons and coyotes that call them home.—
The San Diego Union Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Mar. 2026
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In the new study, the researchers turned this formula on its head and gave the raccoons the unmodified (but refilled) box for multiple trials to see what the raccoons did.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
13 Mar. 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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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
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The coastal marten, also known as the Humboldt marten, is about the size of a ferret and lives in coastal forests.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
29 Jan. 2026
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Cryptomeria thrives under challenging conditions, tolerating salt spray, deer and rabbit browsing, and hot, dry planting sites.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
9 Mar. 2026
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The 25-acre property, which also includes a saltwater pool and a wood sauna, regularly attracts wild boar, rabbits, foxes, and partridges.—
Austin Bush,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Mar. 2026
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To come to their finding, the researchers relied on interviews with local residents and fishers, as well as video footage, to piece together the timeline of events leading up to the mass strandings.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
12 Mar. 2026
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Pierson, Bonner and Big 11 lakes will also be open to fishers during the summer months.—
Sofi Zeman
March 5,
Kansas City Star,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Otter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/otter. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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