noun
sea otters
• Syn: ↑genus Enhydra
• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Mustelidae, ↑family Mustelidae
• Member Meronyms: ↑sea otter, ↑Enhydra lutris
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\\enˈhīdrə\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Greek enydris otter, from enydros living in water, from en in + hydōr water — more at in, water
: a genus of carnivorous mammals (family Mustelidae) that contains only the sea otter
Useful english dictionary. 2012.