As nouns the difference between otter and waitoreke
is that otter is any aquatic or marine carnivorous mammal, member of the family Mustelidae, which also includes weasels, polecats, badgers, and others while waitoreke is a cryptid of New Zealand, said to resemble an otter or beaver.
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
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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
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