What does "ottery" mean?

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an otter.

What is a synonym for "ottery"?

Common synonyms include: lutrine, lutrine, otterish, otterlike.

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Adjective

1
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an otter.
"Anyone who has watched, for example, a litter of otter cubs rolling about in an ottery tangle can hardly doubt that they're really having fun."

Proper Noun

1
The local name of Ottery St Mary.
2
A river in Cornwall, England, which joins the River Tamar; in full, the River Ottery.

"Anyone who has watched, for example, a litter of otter cubs rolling about in an ottery tangle can hardly doubt that they're really having fun."

Etymology 1

Presumably from Old English oter + ēa (“otter river”)

Etymology 2

From otter + -y.

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