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Sea otter   Listen
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Sea otter  n.  (Zool.) An aquatic carnivore (Enhydris lutris syn. Enhydris marina) found in the North Pacific Ocean. Its fur is highly valued, especially by the Chinese. It is allied to the common otter, but is larger, with feet more decidedly webbed.
Sea-otter's cabbage (Bot.), a gigantic kelp of the Pacific Ocean (Nereocystis Lutkeana). See Nereocystis.






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"Sea otter" Quotes from Famous Books



... traps did not catch enough to affect the number seriously. We have fished with every kind of trap that the brightest fisherman could think of. Many important food fishes are now very much reduced in numbers. The fur seal and sea otter are so nearly gone that only the most watchful protection will save them ...
— Conservation Reader • Harold W. Fairbanks



Words linked to "Sea otter" :   musteline, genus Enhydra, musteline mammal, Enhydra, Enhydra lutris, mustelid



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