otter

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)An aquatic or marine carnivorous mammal in the subfamily Lutrinae.
2. (uncountable)An aquatic or marine carnivorous mammal in the subfamily Lutrinae.

   “'The Aleuts come from a country far to the north,' he said. 'Their ways are not ours nor is their language. They have come to take otter and to give us our share in many goods which they have and which we can use.”

3. (countable, slang, uncountable)A hairy man with a slender physique, in contrast with a bear, who is more thickset.
4. (obsolete, uncountable)annatto (dye)
5. (alt-of, archaic, uncountable)Archaic form of attar.

   “[…] the precious perfume called otter of roses.”

name

1. A river with its source in the Blackdown Hills, Somerset, and which flows through Devon, to Lyme Bay in the English Channel.