But otter hunting is no "mug's game." Let it be known that it requires more than a few couple of hounds and a brace or so of terriers to kill an otter.
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Otter
//ˈɒt.ə//
Synonyms for "otter" (18 found)
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5 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
24 entriesShowing 16 of 24 words.
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1 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
5 entriesrelated to
45 entriesShowing 16 of 45 words.
Translations
217 translations across 154 languages.
Abkhaz
1 entries- аԥслы noun (mammal)
Afrikaans
1 entries- otter noun (mammal)
Ainu
1 entries- エサマン noun (mammal)
Albanian
3 entries- lundër noun (mammal)
- lundërz noun (mammal)
- vidër noun (mammal)
Algonquin
1 entries- nigig noun (mammal)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἔνυδρις noun (mammal)
Arabic
2 entries- ثَعْلَب الْمَاء noun (mammal)
- قُضَاعَة noun (mammal)
Aragonese
3 entries- loira noun (mammal)
- luria noun (mammal)
- nuria noun (mammal)
Armenian
1 entries- ջրասամույր noun (mammal)
Aromanian
1 entries- vidrã noun (mammal)
Assamese
1 entries- উদ noun (mammal)
Asturian
2 entries- llóndriga noun (mammal)
- llóndrigu noun (mammal)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- çay samuru noun (mammal)
Bashkir
2 entries- ҡама noun (mammal)
- ҡамсат noun (mammal)
Basque
2 entries- igaraba noun (mammal)
- urtxakur noun (mammal)
Bau Bidayuh
1 entries- biron noun (mammal)
Belarusian
1 entries- вы́дра noun (mammal)
Bengali
1 entries- ভোঁদড় noun (mammal)
Breton
2 entries- dourgi noun (mammal)
- ki-dour noun (mammal)
Bulgarian
1 entries- ви́дра noun (mammal)
Burmese
1 entries- ဖျံ noun (mammal)
Carpathian Rusyn
1 entries- выдра noun (mammal)
Catalan
2 entries- llúdria noun (mammal)
- llúdriga noun (mammal)
Central Melanau
1 entries- dengen noun (mammal)
Central Nahuatl
1 entries- ahuitzotl noun (mammal)
Chepang
1 entries- तीःचोरो noun (mammal)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᏥᏯ noun (mammal)
Cheyenne
1 entries- náa'e noun (mammal)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 水獺 /水獭 noun (mammal)
Chipewyan
1 entries- ną́bį noun (mammal)
Chukchi
2 entries- кыквэтвун noun (mammal)
- нэннэт noun (mammal)
Chuvash
1 entries- ӑтӑр noun (mammal)
Classical Nahuatl
1 entries- āhuitzōtl noun (mammal)
Coptic
1 entries- ⲟⲩϩⲟⲣ ⲙⲱⲟⲩ noun (mammal)
Czech
1 entries- vydra noun (mammal)
Danish
1 entries- odder noun (mammal)
Dutch
1 entries- otter noun (mammal)
Dzongkha
1 entries- སྲམ noun (mammal)
Eastern Khanty
1 entries- вӑнтәр noun (mammal)
Erzya
1 entries- пачалапа noun (mammal)
Esperanto
1 entries- lutro noun (mammal)
Estonian
1 entries- saarmas noun (mammal)
Faroese
1 entries- otur noun (mammal)
Finnish
2 entries- apina noun (slender hairy man)
- saukko noun (mammal)
French
2 entries- loutre noun (mammal)
- loutre noun (slender hairy man)
Friulian
1 entries- lodre noun (mammal)
Galician
4 entries- londra noun (mammal)
- lontra noun (mammal)
- ludra noun (mammal)
- lóndrega noun (mammal)
Georgian
3 entries- მგელი noun (slender hairy man)
- წავი noun (mammal)
- წავი noun (slender hairy man)
German
1 entries- Otter noun (mammal)
Greek
1 entries- βίδρα noun (mammal)
Halkomelem
1 entries- sq'á:tl' noun (mammal)
Hebrew
2 entries- כֶּלֶב נָהָר noun (mammal)
- לוּטְרָה noun (mammal)
Hindi
2 entries- ऊद noun (mammal)
- ऊदबिलाव noun (mammal)
Hungarian
1 entries- vidra noun (mammal)
Icelandic
1 entries- otur noun (mammal)
Ido
1 entries- lutro noun (mammal)
Indonesian
1 entries- berang-berang noun (mammal)
Irish
4 entries- cú dobhráin noun (mammal)
- dobharchú noun (mammal)
- dobhrán noun (mammal)
- madra uisce noun (mammal)
Italian
1 entries- lontra noun (mammal)
Japanese
4 entries- カワウソ noun (mammal)
- ラッコ noun (mammal)
- 川獺 noun (mammal)
- 海獺 noun (mammal)
Jingpho
1 entries- shäram noun (mammal)
Kashmiri
1 entries- وۄدُر noun (mammal)
Kazakh
2 entries- кәмшат noun (mammal)
- қамшат noun (mammal)
Khmer
1 entries- ភេ noun (mammal)
Komi-Zyrian
1 entries- вурд noun (mammal)
Korean
1 entries- 수달 noun (mammal)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- кундуз noun (mammal)
Ladin
1 entries- lontra noun (mammal)
Ladino
1 entries- lontra noun (mammal)
Lao
1 entries- ນາກ noun (mammal)
Latgalian
1 entries- iudrys noun (mammal)
Latin
1 entries- lutra noun (mammal)
Latvian
1 entries- ūdrs noun (mammal)
Laz
1 entries- წვინარი noun (mammal)
Lithuanian
1 entries- ūdra noun (mammal)
Low German
1 entries- Otter noun (mammal)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- wudra noun (mammal)
Lun Bawang
1 entries- dengen noun (mammal)
Macedonian
1 entries- видра noun (mammal)
Malay
4 entries- anjing air noun (mammal)
- berang-berang noun (mammal)
- memerang noun (mammal)
- انجيڠ اءير noun (mammal)
Malayalam
1 entries- നീർനായ noun (mammal)
Maltese
1 entries- lontra noun (mammal)
Manchu
1 entries- ᡥᠠᡳᠯᡠᠨ noun (mammal)
Manx
2 entries- dooarchoo noun (mammal)
- moddey ushtey noun (mammal)
Marathi
1 entries- पाणमांजर noun (mammal)
Mi'kmaq
1 entries- giwnig noun (mammal)
Mingrelian
1 entries- წვინარი noun (mammal)
Mon
1 entries- ဖေံ noun (mammal)
Mongolian
2 entries- халиг noun (mammal)
- халиу noun (mammal)
Māori
1 entries- ōtā noun (mammal)
Navajo
2 entries- ditłʼoiitsʼózí noun (slender hairy man)
- tábąąstíín noun (mammal)
Nepali
2 entries- उद्र noun (mammal)
- ओत noun (mammal)
Northern Sami
1 entries- čeavrris noun (mammal)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- oter noun (mammal)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- oter noun (mammal)
Occitan
1 entries- loira noun (mammal)
Odia
1 entries- ଓଧ noun (mammal)
Old Armenian
1 entries- շնջրի noun (mammal)
Old East Slavic
1 entries- вꙑдра noun (mammal)
Old English
1 entries- otor noun (mammal)
Old Irish
1 entries- doburchú noun (mammal)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- صو سموری noun (mammal)
Pannonian Rusyn
1 entries- видра noun (mammal)
Persian
1 entries- سمور آبی noun (mammal)
Pipil
1 entries- ākuyūt noun (mammal)
Pirahã
1 entries- pibaóí noun (mammal)
Polish
1 entries- wydra noun (mammal)
Portuguese
1 entries- lontra noun (mammal)
Romanian
2 entries- lutră noun (mammal)
- vidră noun (mammal)
Romansch
2 entries- ludra noun (mammal)
- lutra noun (mammal)
Russian
1 entries- вы́дра noun (mammal)
Sanskrit
1 entries- उद्र noun (mammal)
Santali
2 entries- ᱚᱫᱟᱢ noun (mammal)
- ᱩᱫᱟᱢ noun (mammal)
Saraiki
1 entries- اُدڑ noun (mammal)
Sardinian
1 entries- lontra noun (mammal)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- biast-donn (Islay) noun (mammal)
- biast-dubh noun (mammal)
- cù-donn noun (mammal)
- dobhar-chù noun (mammal)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- vȉdra noun (mammal)
- ви̏дра noun (mammal)
Siberian Tatar
1 entries- ҡамнау noun (mammal)
Sicilian
1 entries- lutra noun (mammal)
Slovak
1 entries- vydra noun (mammal)
Slovene
1 entries- vidra noun (mammal)
Southern Altai
1 entries- камду noun (mammal)
Southern Sami
1 entries- tjeavra noun (mammal)
Spanish
4 entries- ludria noun (mammal)
- lutria noun (mammal)
- nutra noun (mammal)
- nutria noun (mammal)
Sranan Tongo
1 entries- watradagu noun (mammal)
Sundanese
1 entries- séro noun (mammal)
Svan
1 entries- წიუ̂ე̄რ noun (mammal)
Swahili
1 entries- ota noun (mammal)
Swedish
2 entries- utter noun (mammal)
- utter noun (slender hairy man)
Tagal Murut
1 entries- tilung noun (mammal)
Tagalog
1 entries- dungon noun (mammal)
Tajik
3 entries- саги обӣ noun (mammal)
- сагобӣ noun (mammal)
- самури обӣ noun (mammal)
Tamil
1 entries- நீர்நாய் noun (mammal)
Telugu
4 entries- ఉద్రము noun (mammal)
- నీటి కుక్క noun (mammal)
- నీరుకుక్క noun (mammal)
- నీరుపిల్లి noun (mammal)
Thai
1 entries- นาก noun (mammal)
Tigrinya
1 entries- ጣቑስታ noun (mammal)
Turkish
3 entries- ayı noun (slender hairy man)
- lutr noun (mammal)
- su samuru noun (mammal)
Turkmen
1 entries- gunduz noun (mammal)
Udmurt
2 entries- вад noun (mammal)
- вудор noun (mammal)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ви́дра noun (mammal)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- wudra noun (mammal)
Urdu
1 entries- اودبلاؤ noun (mammal)
Uyghur
2 entries- قاما noun (mammal)
- قۇندۇز noun (mammal)
Uzbek
1 entries- qunduz noun (mammal)
Venetan
2 entries- lodra noun (mammal)
- lùdria noun (mammal)
Vietnamese
2 entries- rái noun (mammal)
- rái cá noun (mammal)
Volapük
1 entries- lutar noun (mammal)
Walloon
1 entries- lote noun (mammal)
Welsh
2 entries- dwrgi noun (mammal)
- dyfrgi noun (mammal)
West Coast Bajau
2 entries- dongor noun (mammal)
- embirud noun (mammal)
West-Frisian
1 entries- fiskotter noun (mammal)
Yiddish
1 entries- ווידרע noun (mammal)
Yámana
1 entries- éepux noun (mammal)
Zhuang
1 entries- nag noun (mammal)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Even if a hedgehog, a mole, an otter, a rabbit or an opossum looks like a rodent, it isn't.
Source: tatoeba (1943606)
The otter was playing in the river.
Source: tatoeba (5977814)
The air trapped in the fur of a sea otter helps it to float.
Source: tatoeba (6331088)
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