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Otter vs Mongoose - What's the difference?

otter | mongoose |

As nouns the difference between otter and mongoose

is that otter is any aquatic or marine carnivorous mammal, member of the family Mustelidae, which also includes weasels, polecats, badgers, and others while mongoose is carnivores of the family Herpestidae and the similar pedia=1s (subfamily: Galidiinae), ranging in size from small rats to large cats, including the pedia=1 famed as a predator of venomous snakes.

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

English

(wikipedia 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

    Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Annatto.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

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    mongoose

    English

    (wikipedia mongoose) (Herpestidae) (Galidinae)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Carnivores of the family Herpestidae and the similar famed as a predator of venomous snakes.