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Walrus vs Otter - What's the difference?

walrus | otter |

As a noun walrus

is (countable) a large arctic marine mammal related to seals and having long tusks, tough, wrinkled skin, and four flippers,.

As a proper noun otter is

a river whose source in the blackdown hills, somerset, and which flows into lyme bay in english channel.

walrus

English

(wikipedia walrus)

Noun

  • (countable) A large Arctic marine mammal related to seals and having long tusks, tough, wrinkled skin, and four flippers, .

    • Synonyms

    * morse (obsolete) * sea horse (rare)

    Usage notes

    The hypercorrect plurals walri and walrii, based on a faulty assumption that the word derives from a Latin noun of the second declension, are generally considered to be nonstandard.

    See also

    * seal * sea lion, sealion English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    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)

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