SEA OTTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sea otter mean? 

• SEA OTTER (noun)
  The noun SEA OTTER has 1 sense:

1. large marine otter of northern Pacific coasts having very thick dark brown fur

  Familiarity information: SEA OTTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEA OTTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large marine otter of northern Pacific coasts having very thick dark brown fur

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Enhydra lutris; sea otter

Hypernyms ("sea otter" is a kind of...):

mustelid; musteline; musteline mammal (fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals)

Holonyms ("sea otter" is a member of...):

Enhydra; genus Enhydra (sea otters)

 Context examples 

The researchers noted the sevengill sharks might not have the same effect on the ecosystems involved as the great whites have had, citing the ecological disruption apparently caused off Alaska when a change in orca behavior had a knock-on effect, disrupting sea otters' predation of sea urchins, whose population then exploded, plowing through the area's kelp forests.

(Study indicates as great white shark disappears, living fossil moves in, Wikinews)