otter's

River swimmer's possession

Otter's is the possessive form of otter, the semiaquatic mammal known for its sleek fur and playful behavior.

The form indicates belonging or association: an otter's den, the otter's thick coat.

It also serves as a contraction of "otter is" or "otter has" in casual speech: The otter's swimming toward us.

anatomy

fur

Animal body hair

tail · paws · claws · coat · underfur · nose · ears · teeth · body · sleek

behavior

playfulness

Lighthearted, frisky spirit

grooming · denning · hunting · floating · frolicking · wrestling · chirping · rolling · foraging · basking

diet

fish

Gilled aquatic vertebrate

  • shellfishAquatic creatures with exoskeletons
  • crabsClawed marine decapods
  • clamsEdible burrowing mollusks

sea urchins · mussels · crayfish · frogs · prey · abalone · snails · shrimp · mollusks · crustaceans

habitat

holt

Small wood or den

lodge · territory · range · waterway · estuary · kelp forest · wetland · stream · coastal · freshwater

Opposites
semiaquatic mammal possession/association

otter'sbeaver's

Belonging to dam-building rodent

seal's

Phrases
Family

otter, otters

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G