🇬🇧 Otter meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

An otter is a small, furry animal that lives in or near rivers and oceans, has a long, slippery body, webbed feet for swimming, and loves to splash, play, and eat fish and shellfish.

I tried to race an otter in the pool, and it finished ten laps before I finished one breath.

The otter looked offended when I asked if it was a wet ferret with better swimming skills.

I tried to draw an otter, but it looked like a hot dog with whiskers and an attitude.

An otter saw a "No Swimming" sign and clearly decided it didn’t apply to extremely adorable mammals.

Sea otters sometimes hold hands while they sleep so they don’t drift apart, which is basically nature’s cutest group hug.

A child sits by a green river. A long otter slips from a rock, swims fast, catches a silver fish, and floats on its back. The otter rolls, eats the fish, then rubs its face with paws. A second otter peeks; the first otter nudges it, the child laughs, and the otter swims away.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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