otter

English Thesaurus

1. freshwater carnivorous mammal having webbed and clawed feet and dark brown fur (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	mustelid, musteline, musteline mammal,
definition	:	fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	lutra canadensis, river otter,
definition	:	sociable aquatic animal widely distributed along streams and lake borders in North America (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	eurasian otter, lutra lutra,
definition	:	otter found in Europe and Asia (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus lutra, lutra,
definition	:	in some classifications considered a genus of the subfamily Lutrinae (noun.animal)

2. the fur of an otter (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	fur, pelt,
definition	:	the dressed hairy coat of a mammal (noun.substance)