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An aquatic carnivore (Enhydris lutris, / marina) found in the North Pacific Ocean. Its fur is highly valued, especially by the Chinese. It is allied to the common otter, but is larger, with feet more decidedly webbed.

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  1. An aquatic carnivore (Enhydris lutris, / marina) found in the North Pacific Ocean. Its fur is highly valued, especially by the Chinese. It is allied to the common otter, but is larger, with feet more decidedly webbed.
  2. n. large marine otter of northern Pacific coasts having very thick dark brown fur
  3. An aquatic carnivore (Enhydris lutris, or marina) found in the North Pacific Ocean. Its fur is highly valued, especially by the Chinese. It is allied to the common otter, but is larger, with feet more decidedly webbed. Sea-otter's cabbage (Bot.), a gigantic kelp of the Pacific Ocean (Nereocystis Lutkeana). See Nereocystis.
  4. An aquatic carnivore (Enhydris lutris, or marina) found in theNorth Pacific Ocean. Its fur is highly valued, especially by theChinese. It is allied to the common otter, but is larger, with feetmore decidedly webbed. Sea-otter's cabbage (Bot.), a gigantic kelp ofthe Pacific Ocean (Nereocystis Lutkeana). See Nereocystis.