As nouns the difference between otter and marmot
is that otter is any aquatic or marine carnivorous mammal, member of the family Mustelidae, which also includes weasels, polecats, badgers, and others while marmot is any of several large ground-dwelling rodents of the genera Marmota and genus: Cynomys in the squirrel family.
As a proper noun Otter
is a river whose source in the Blackdown Hills, Somerset, and which flows into Lyme Bay in English Channel.
otter
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . More etymology under English water.
Noun
(
en noun)
Any aquatic or marine carnivorous mammal, member of the family Mustelidae , which also includes weasels, polecats, badgers, and others.
(gay slang) A hairy man with a slender physique, in contrast with a bear, who is more broadly set
Derived terms
* otterless
* otterish
* otterlike
* ottery
* sea otter
Etymology 2
Anagrams
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marmot
Noun
(
en noun)
Any of several large ground-dwelling rodents of the genera Marmota and in the squirrel family.
Derived terms
(
marmot)
* (
Alaska marmot)
* (
alpine marmot)
* (
black-capped marmot)
* (
bobak marmot)
* (
gray marmot)
* Himalayan marmot
* hoary marmot
* (
long-tailed marmot)
* (
marmot squirrel)
* (
vern,
Menzbier's marmot)
* (
olympic marmot)
* (
prairie marmot)
* (
tarbagan marmot)
* (
Vancouver marmot)
* (
yellow-bellied marmot)
See also
* groundhog
* woodchuck
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