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Enhydra

noun

sea otters

• Syn: ↑genus Enhydra

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Mustelidae, ↑family Mustelidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑sea otter, ↑Enhydra lutris

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\\enˈhīdrə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Greek enydris otter, from enydros living in water, from en in + hydōr water — more at in, water

: a genus of carnivorous mammals (family Mustelidae) that contains only the sea otter

Useful english dictionary. 2012.