Origin: ME oter < OE, akin to ON otr < IE *udros, a water animal (> Sans udrá-ḥ) < base *wed-, to make wet > water
See otter in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun pl. otter otter or ot·ters
Origin:
Origin: Middle English oter
Origin: , from Old English otor; see wed-1 in Indo-European roots
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