Definition of Sea otter

1. Noun. Large marine otter of northern Pacific coasts having very thick dark brown fur.

Exact synonyms: Enhydra Lutris
Generic synonyms: Mustelid, Musteline, Musteline Mammal
Group relationships: Enhydra, Genus Enhydra

Definition of Sea otter

1. Noun. A marine mammal native to the northern Pacific Ocean, scientific name ''Enhydra lutris'' ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Sea otter

1. An aquatic carnivore (Enhydris lutris, or 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, a gigantic kelp of the Pacific Ocean (Nereocystis Lutkeana). See Nereocystis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sea Otter

sea milkwort
sea monk
sea monks
sea monster
sea moss
sea mosses
sea mouse
sea mouth
sea mud
sea needle
sea needles
sea nettle
sea nymph
sea onion
sea orange
sea otter (current term)
sea otters
sea owl
sea pad
sea parrot
sea parrots
sea partridge
sea partridges
sea pea
sea peach
sea peaches
sea pear
sea pears

Literary usage of Sea otter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Our Arctic Province: Alaska and the Seal Islands by Henry Wood Elliott (1886)
"—Feverish Energy of the Early Russian Sea-otter Traders —Their ... Greed for Sea-otter Skins Leads the Russians to Explore the Entire Alaskan Coast, ..."

2. Our Arctic Province, Alaska and the Seal Islands by Henry Wood Elliott (1906)
"Feverish Energy of the Early Russian Sea-otter Traders.—Their Shameful Excesses.—Greed for Sea-otter Skins Leads the Russians to Explore the Entire Alaskan ..."

3. History of Alaska: 1730-1885 by Hubert Howe Bancroft, Alfred Bates, Ivan Petroff, William Nemos (1886)
"... so now the sea- otter lures the same venturesome race out among the islands, and ice, and fog-banks of ocean. The first to engage in hunting sea-otters ..."

4. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1827)
"The sea otter (Mustela Lutris) is full twice the size of the Common Otter: ... During winter, the sea otter confines itself to the ice near the sea-shore, ..."

5. The Days of a Man: Being Memories of a Naturalist, Teacher, and Minor by David Starr Jordan (1922)
"When we took possession of Alaska in 1867, the sea otter, a unique and valuable animal, was still abundant. In early Russian times it had ..."

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