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词汇 otter
释义 otter
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈɒt.ər/ us /ˈɑː.t̬ɚ/
a mammal with four legs and short brown fur that swims well and eats fish水獭
 
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Examples from literature

It has the tail of a beaver, the fur of an otter, the bill and feet of a duck, and the venom of a snake. 

otter | American Dictionary


otter
noun[ C ]
us/ˈɑt̬·ər/
a water mammal with four legs and dark brown fur, which eats fish and is related to the weasel

Examples of otter


otter
Standardized fishing effort is standardized across gear types to 14-18 m otter trawl vessels.
The soffit of the new bridge incorporates bat bricks, which provide nesting sites for pipistrelle bats and a timber otter run on one bank.
The fox and otter were much larger animals, yet their predation did not preclude flourishing game-coverts and fisheries.
The major fishing gear was otter board trawl, pair trawl, and push net.
His success resulted from careful study of the animals hunted, in particular the sea otter.
However, an offshore monitoring programme has continued, involving surveys by otter trawls and other methods.
A monitoring programme was introduced, sampling cod by otter trawling using research vessels.
It sought in particular to ban the hunting of deer, foxes and otters, the worrying of badgers, and the coursing of hares and rabbits.
Losses could hardly be much worse than those already sustained from foxes, stoats, rats, otters and pike.
The numbers of otter board and pair trawl vessels have increased over time, but the number of push net vessels has fallen (table 1).
No cestodes were found, and digeneans were very rarely detected despite the large number of otters surveyed.
There are few reports of acanthocephalans in otters.
The otter entered the cages through selfmade holes in the net.
Some prodigious distances were rowed in search of otters.
One would wish for some yearly statement of profit and loss comparable in detail with those he presented of the distances pulled per otter.
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Collocations withotter


otter

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giant otter
The river has been tested for populations of giantotter.
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Wikipedia

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otter population
As a result of this dramatic decline in the otter population, many hunts voluntarily agreed to cease hunting.
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Hansard archive

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otter trawl
Standardized fishing effort is standardized across gear types to 14-18 m ottertrawl vessels.
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