otters

variants also otter
plural of otter

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of otters After a long day, the otter rests in bed with his owner, Hadsell. Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 Aug. 2025 Swift herself broke back in to say that Kelce doesn’t want to take an otter out of the wild, as in taking a pup from its mother. Martha Ross, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025 The podcast conversation was not limited to music, however, the couple (and his brother) covered a range of topics, everything from Swift's newfound love of football, an obsession for baking sourdough loaves, watching otter videos, her parents' health and the start of the superstars' relationship. Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 14 Aug. 2025 The feces revealed that crabs and finfish were the staples of otter diets, making up 93 percent of all prey items based on the DNA analysis. Laura Baisas Aug 14, Popular Science, 14 Aug. 2025 Yeah, Kelce likes otter videos. Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 14 Aug. 2025 Having children can be such a basically animal experience that to read about it as performed by otter, whale, or even bird all seems relevant. Ellyn Gaydos august 11, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2025 An otter captured in a box also plays a key role in the film. Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for otters
Noun
  • Sealing up door jambs, window seals and other entry points, as well as placing screens on windows and doors, can also be effective.
    Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • In addition to this, using excessive water or harsh chemical cleaners can then lead to moisture accumulation around window seals, which can potentially cause mould growth or deterioration of the frame around the windows.
    Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Ksenia, whom Baranov meets at a hedonistic party in the early 1990s as counterculturals rage amid the dawn of a new, post-USSR Russian era, is indicated as a grifting wild thing, the type who always has a mysterious male benefactor to keep her in minks.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 31 Aug. 2025
  • On the smaller side, species like the river otter and mink can be found feasting on fish by the water’s edge, while lucky visitors may catch a glimpse of a wolverine roaming the tundra—and these are far from the only predators that call Katmai home.
    Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • There are a lot of real dangers out there – and real badgers.
    Marta Balaga, Variety, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Sunshine Sean guards his feelings the way mama badgers guard their young.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 4 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Now native Spartina grasses have returned, as have muskrats and threatened bird species.
    Kyra Morris, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Its voraciousness has threatened native populations of minks, muskrats, and river otters.
    Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Combs and her colleagues ultimately called the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, which took the baby raccoon to a local veterinarian.
    Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The cake has three candles, but the raccoon seems afraid of the flame, so a human helps blow them out for him; then the raccoon starts eating the cake with his tiny hands.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Surprisingly, local fishers described the species as an occasional bycatch when targeting fish part of the Sciaenidae family to the authors of a new study highlighting this find, led by Jack Sagumai of WWF Pacific.
    Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Through radio and snow tracking, biologists later found that the fishers that were released in northwestern Connecticut had high survival rates and successfully reproduced.
    Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • During the voyage, travelers can spend time spotting wildlife like Arctic foxes, whales, polar bears, and more, and explore the harsh landscape by zodiac boat, kayaking, and snowshoeing.
    Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Those who are lucky may notice foxes, badgers, otters or deer along the route.
    Jeanine Barone, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Hikers will pass by Texas persimmon trees and bluestem prairie grass, with armadillos and rabbits popping in and out of the wilderness.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Blanket flowers are deer and rabbit-resistant and drought-tolerant.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Otters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/otters. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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