How to Use otter in a Sentence

otter

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  • Whether in rivers, on land, or by the sea, otters are a sight to see.
    — Tracy Scott Forson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 June 2024
  • Watch the video above to see otters, tigers, polar bears and more play in the snow.
    — The Oregonian/oregonlive Staff, oregonlive, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Ah, spring, when the fancy of a young otter turns to love.
    — Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Feb. 2021
  • The otters and trout vanished from the creek; deer fled the barren fields.
    — Sarah Kaplan, chicagotribune.com, 11 Sep. 2019
  • The women managed to get out of the water and the otter swam away.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Here was a dog that loved the water, had webbed feet to swim like a duck and the fur of an otter.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 5 Dec. 2020
  • Mayflies rise in clouds from the marshes and streams where otters play.
    — Alexis Marie Adams, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The swimmer, attached to the board by a leash, would then tow the otter — still on the board — toward the boat.
    — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2023
  • Over the years, all but one of its otters have been rescued as pups.
    — Gogo Lidz, Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2015
  • Now roughly 2 months old, the pup weighs about 14 pounds and zoo staff are working to show him the ropes of otter-hood.
    — Kale Williams, OregonLive.com, 11 Dec. 2017
  • Plus, a mature otter can eat five to seven pounds a day of it.
    — Alaska Dispatch News, 7 May 2016
  • To the girl's delight, Sugar gave chase in an otter-ly adorable way.
    — Mallorie Sullivan, Cincinnati.com, 3 Mar. 2018
  • The exhibit is set up to give the zookeepers easy access to train the otters.
    — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 May 2018
  • The neotropical otter calls are not unique to their species.
    — Sofia Moutinho, Science | AAAS, 26 May 2021
  • Just two cute lil’ otter pups holding hands to melt your heart.
    — Kristi Kellogg, Teen Vogue, 10 Apr. 2018
  • The otter caught up to her son, who then fell, Fernandez said.
    — Samantha Davenport, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Sep. 2021
  • This indicated that the otter had been alive when the wolves caught it.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 2 Nov. 2023
  • On the same day at the same lake, an otter attacked a different dog.
    — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 29 Sep. 2021
  • The otter skins wrapped around her braids were tied with pink beaded hair ties, and a pink shawl was draped around her shoulders.
    — New York Times, 30 July 2022
  • The river dams the beavers built provided habitats for otters and ducks and fish.
    — Katie Reilly, Time, 19 May 2018
  • Two otter came out of an open hole near a lake outlet and scooted down the ice covered creek.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Nov. 2021
  • Two long-time residents of the Pueblo Zoo, an otter and an eagle, died last week.
    — Kieran Nicholson, The Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2017
  • And for those like the Asian small-clawed otters that need to warm up, there are some heated rocks in their enclosures.
    — Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2017
  • Glory in your hair looking like glass or a shiny sea-otter pelt.
    — Kathleen Hou, The Cut, 1 Feb. 2018
  • Then there are otters, which are small for a marine mammal.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 27 Mar. 2018
  • He was rescued by his mother, and the otter was captured.
    — Josh Feldman, NBC News, 15 Sep. 2024
  • Meanwhile, blue herons fly above, otters splash nearby and fish swim all around you.
    — Kay Wicker, baltimoresun.com, 23 June 2017
  • The booze may improve your chances of spotting an otter or orca at sea.
    — Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2019
  • The otters’ most common tool is a rock, which the animals use to crack open abalone shells to get to the tender meat inside.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 5 June 2024
  • The southern sea otter, 24, had served as a surrogate mother for 15 otters, the most in the aquarium’s history.
    — Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2024

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