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Lutra vulgaris
Otter Ot"ter, n. [OE. oter, AS. otor; akin to D. & G. otter, Icel. otr, Dan. odder, Sw. utter, Lith. udra, Russ, vuidra, Gr. "y`dra water serpent, hydra, Skr. udra otter, and also to E. water. [root]137, 215. See Water, and cf. Hydra.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any carnivorous animal of the genus Lutra, and related genera. Several species are described. They have large, flattish heads, short ears, and webbed toes. They are aquatic, and feed on fish. Their fur is soft and valuable. The common otter of Europe is Lutra vulgaris; the American otter is L. Canadensis; other species inhabit South America and Asia. 2. (Zo["o]l.) The larva of the ghost moth. It is very injurious to hop vines. Otter hound, Otter dog (Zo["o]l.), a small breed of hounds, used in England for hunting otters. Otter sheep. See Ancon sheep, under Ancon. Otter shell (Zo["o]l.), very large bivalve mollusk (Schizoth[ae]rus Nuttallii) found on the northwest coast of America. It is excellent food, and is extensively used by the Indians. Sea otter. (Zo["o]l.) See in the Vocabulary.

Meaning of LUTRA from wikipedia

- bravardi †Lutra castiglionis †Lutra euxena †Lutra fatimazohrae †Lutra franconica †Lutra hearsti †Lutra palaeindica †Lutra simplicidens †Lutra trinacriae...
- The Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra), also known as the European otter, Eurasian river otter, European river otter, common otter, and Old World otter, is...
- Lutra castiglionis, the Castiglione otter or Corsican otter, is an extinct species of otter that was endemic to Corsica during the Pleistocene. Lutra...
- The ****anese otter (****anese: ニホンカワウソ(日本川獺, Hepburn: Nihon-kawauso) (Lutra nippon) or ****anese river otter is an extinct species of otter formerly widespread...
- threatened by habitat loss, pollution, and in some areas also by hunting. Lutra cinerea was the scientific name proposed by Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger...
- Lutra euxena is an extinct species of otter that was endemic to Malta during the middle to late Pleistocene. The species likely went extinct because of...
- for Spiramater lutra is 10301. "Spiramater lutra Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23. "Spiramater lutra". GBIF. Retrieved...
- Subfamily Lutrinae Genus Lutra †Lutra castiglionis – Corsica, Pleistocene †Lutra euxena – Malta, Pleistocene †****anese otter (Lutra nippon) – ****an, extinct...
- The hairy-nosed otter (Lutra sumatrana) is a semiaquatic mammal native to Southeast Asia and one of the rarest and least known otter species. It is threatened...
- two pairs of teats with which they nurse small litters of several young. Lutra per****illata was the scientific name proposed by Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire...