Seals vs Otter - What's the difference?

As proper nouns the difference between seals and otter

is that seals is while otter is a river whose source in the blackdown hills, somerset, and which flows into lyme bay in english channel.

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(wikipedia otter)

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . More etymology under English water.

(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

* otterless * otterish * otterlike * ottery * sea otter

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(obsolete) Annatto.

(Webster 1913)

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