otter

plural otters

1. countableuncountableAn aquatic or marine carnivorous mammal in the subfamily Lutrinae.
   1. uncountableThe flesh or fur of this animal

      'The Aleuts come from a country far to the north,' he said. 'Their ways are not ours nor is their language. They have come to take otter and to give us our share in many goods which they have and which we can use.

      1960, Scott O'Dell, Island of the Blue Dolphins, Puffin Books, page 11

2. countableslanguncountableLGBTA hairy man with a slender physique, in contrast with a bear, who is more thickset.

1. obsoleteuncountableannatto (dye)

1. archaicuncountableArchaic form of attar.

   […] the precious perfume called otter of roses.

   1809, William Jones, A Grammar of the Persian Language, page 8

1. A river with its source in the Blackdown Hills, Somerset, and which flows through Devon, to Lyme Bay in the English Channel.