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otter (Lutra lutra)

Japanese river otter (Lutra lutra whiteleyi)

arraying a number of reference books in order to compose poetry; literary composition crammed with maxims, ancient episodes, legends, etc.

Orig. meaning

otters lining a catch of fish on a river bank; (people) making offerings (esp. of fish)

one of the 72 climates (from the 16th to the 20th of the first lunar month)

sea otter (Enhydra lutris)

Asian small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinerea)

Japanese river otter (Lutra lutra whiteleyi)

giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis); giant river otter

European otter (Lutra lutra); common otter; Eurasian otter

sea lion