bear otter

noun

An extinct genus of otters, Enhydriodon, that lived in the late Miocene and early Pleistocene.

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Meanings

nounbear otter (plural bear otters)

plural bear otters

  1. An extinct genus of otters, Enhydriodon, that lived in the late Miocene and early Pleistocene.

    Searching for hard-shelled prey – molluscs, crabs and the like – there are two species of bear otter in Kanapoi.

    2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 25
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