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Recent Examples of otter
There’s an art gallery, the Birds of Prey Center, an otter exhibit, and Desertarium, which features turtles, snakes, lizards, frogs, and more.
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Lauren Jones, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2025
Some of these overlook a pretty lake, which comes complete with a family of otters and elusive monitor lizards.
—Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
This discovery emphasizes the need for conservation efforts to protect these at-risk otters in their natural habitat.
—Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Mike Hadsell, from Peace River K9 Search and Rescue, got the idea to train an otter for search-and-rescue work.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 Aug. 2025
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Lauren Jones, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2025
Some of these overlook a pretty lake, which comes complete with a family of otters and elusive monitor lizards.
—Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
This discovery emphasizes the need for conservation efforts to protect these at-risk otters in their natural habitat.
—Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Mike Hadsell, from Peace River K9 Search and Rescue, got the idea to train an otter for search-and-rescue work.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for otter
Noun
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The beaver moon will be just 221,817 miles from Earth, the closest full moon of the year.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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Hummingbirds have long beaks for sucking nectar from flowers, polar bears have thick skin and fur to keep them warm from the Arctic tundra and beavers have big, wide tails to propel them through the water.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The farmer, his son and grandson were still collecting mink, with more than a dozen live traps deployed and checked routinely, Hobbs said.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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The sweater is constructed using mink wool and doesn’t showcase any visible seams.—
Izzy Baskette,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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Originally bred in Germany to hunt badgers, these small canines are energetic, bold and stubborn.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Those who are lucky may notice foxes, badgers, otters or deer along the route.—
Jeanine Barone,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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That’s a sure way to invite not only raccoons but other unwanted guests such as mice, opossums, and skunks.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
18 Oct. 2025
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Texans may also have run-ins with wildlife, such as raccoons, opossums and squirrels, during the winter months, according to 855 Bugs.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Oct. 2025
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Now native Spartina grasses have returned, as have muskrats and threatened bird species.—
Kyra Morris,
The Atlantic,
22 Aug. 2025
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Its voraciousness has threatened native populations of minks, muskrats, and river otters.—
Nathaniel Rich,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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Levi studies the endangered Humboldt marten, a small carnivore that lives on the Northern California and Southern Oregon coast.—
Andrew Cunningham,
ArsTechnica,
28 Aug. 2025
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This acquisition will improve the habitat for Wisconsin’s endangered American marten, which has been facing a dwindling habitat.—
Noël Fletcher,
Forbes,
8 Dec. 2024
Noun
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There’s a haunted corn maze, marigold fields, bounceland, Jurassic Fright, a tractor ride and sheep, goats and rabbits.—
Abby Hamblin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Oct. 2025
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The farm is home to goats, Holstein cows, potbellied and kune kune pigs, donkeys, sheep, rabbits, llamas, alpacas, guinea fowl, guinea pigs, geese, chickens, a Shetland pony, and a Shire horse.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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Most of these migrants were fisher-hunter-gatherers and belonged to numerous ethnic groups who left vital evidence of their presence in stones, burial sites, and artifacts.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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The lights themselves are also heavy, can make the nets sag, and not easy for fishers to work with.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Otter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/otter. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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