Otter vs. Seal

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Otternoun

An aquatic or marine carnivorous mammal in the subfamily Lutrinae of the family Mustelidae, which also includes weasels, polecats, badgers, and others.

Otternoun

(gay slang) A hairy man with a slender physique, in contrast with a bear, who is more thickset.

Otternoun

(obsolete) annatto dye

Otternoun

Any carnivorous animal of the genera Lutra, Enhydra, and related genera of the family Mustelidae. Several species are described. They have large, flattish heads, short ears, and webbed toes. They are aquatic, and feed on fish. The sea otter (Enhydra lutris) also eats clams, crabs, starfish, abalone, and other marine animals; they may come to the surface, and lying on their backs using the stomach as a table, may be seen cracking open the shell of its prey with a rock. The common otter of Europe is Lutra vulgaris; the North American otter (or American otter) is Lutra Canadensis, which inhabits marshes, streams and rivers; other species inhabit South America and Asia. The North American otter adult is about three to four feet long (including the tail) and weighs from 10 to 30 pounds; the sea otter is commonly four feet long and 45 pounds (female) or 60 pounds (male). Their fur is soft and valuable, and in the nineteenth century they were hunted extensively. The sea otter was hunted to near extinction by 1900, and is now protected. Fewer than 3,000 sea otters are believed to live along the central California coast.

Otternoun

The larva of the ghost moth. It is very injurious to hop vines.

Otternoun

A corruption of Annotto.

Otternoun

the fur of an otter

Otternoun

freshwater carnivorous mammal having webbed and clawed feet and dark brown fur

Otternoun

a semiaquatic fish-eating mammal of the weasel family, with an elongated body, dense fur, and webbed feet.

Otternoun

a piece of board used to carry fishing bait in water.

Otter

Otters are carnivorous mammals in the subfamily Lutrinae. The 13 extant otter species are all semiaquatic, aquatic or marine, with diets based on fish and invertebrates.

Sealnoun

A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal.

Sealnoun

(heraldry) A bearing representing a creature something like a walrus.

Sealnoun

A stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance such as wax.

Sealnoun

An impression of such stamp on wax, paper or other material used for sealing.

Sealnoun

A design or insignia usually associated with an organization or an official role.

Sealnoun

Anything that secures or authenticates.

Sealnoun

Something which will be visibly damaged if a covering or container is opened, and which may or may not bear an official design.

Sealnoun

Confirmation or an indication of confirmation.

Sealnoun

Something designed to prevent liquids or gases from leaking through a joint.

Sealnoun

A tight closure, secure against leakage.

Sealnoun

A chakra.

Sealverb

(intransitive) To hunt seals.

Sealverb

(transitive) To place a seal on (a document).

Sealverb

To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality.

Sealverb

(transitive) To fasten (something) so that it cannot be opened without visible damage.

Sealverb

(transitive) To prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something).

Sealverb

(transitive) To close securely to prevent leakage.

Sealverb

(transitive) To place in a sealed container.

Sealverb

To place a notation of one's next move in a sealed envelope to be opened after an adjournment.

Sealverb

(transitive) To guarantee.

Sealverb

To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement or plaster, etc.

Sealverb

To close by means of a seal.

Sealverb

(Mormonism) To confirm or set apart as a second or additional wife.

Sealverb

(dialectal) To tie up animals (especially cattle) in their stalls.

Sealnoun

Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families Phocidæ and Otariidæ.

Sealnoun

An engraved or inscribed stamp, used for marking an impression in wax or other soft substance, to be attached to a document, or otherwise used by way of authentication or security.

Sealnoun

Wax, wafer, or other tenacious substance, set to an instrument, and impressed or stamped with a seal; as, to give a deed under hand and seal.

Sealnoun

That which seals or fastens; esp., the wax or wafer placed on a letter or other closed paper, etc., to fasten it.

Sealnoun

That which confirms, ratifies, or makes stable; that which authenticates; that which secures; assurance.

Sealnoun

An arrangement for preventing the entrance or return of gas or air into a pipe, by which the open end of the pipe dips beneath the surface of water or other liquid, or a deep bend or sag in the pipe is filled with the liquid; a draintrap.

Sealverb

To set or affix a seal to; hence, to authenticate; to confirm; to ratify; to establish; as, to seal a deed.

Sealverb

To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality; as, to seal weights and measures; to seal silverware.

Sealverb

To fasten with a seal; to attach together with a wafer, wax, or other substance causing adhesion; as, to seal a letter.

Sealverb

Hence, to shut close; to keep close; to make fast; to keep secure or secret.

Sealverb

To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement, plaster, or the like.

Sealverb

To close by means of a seal; as, to seal a drainpipe with water. See 2d Seal, 5.

Sealverb

Among the Mormons, to confirm or set apart as a second or additional wife.

Sealverb

To affix one's seal, or a seal.