(n.) Any carnivorous animal of the genus Lutra, and related genera. Several species are described. They have large, flattish heads, short ears, and webbed toes. They are aquatic, and feed on fish. Their fur is soft and valuable. The common otter of Europe is Lutra vulgaris; the American otter is L. Canadensis; other species inhabit South America and Asia.
(n.) The larva of the ghost moth. It is very injurious to hop vines.
(n.) A corruption of Annotto.
Example Sentences:
(1) The value of faecal analysis in assessing metal burdens during surveys of otters is discussed.
(2) Otters and sea eagles, which have made successful returns to waterways in recent years, would suffer as fish stocks dropped, for example.
(3) Leishmaniasis exist in two forms: One like bottom of orient with only skin alteration called leishmaniasis andina (uta for the indians), its propagated in the coast and the andean valleys at 200 m. (amount 1,200 to 3,000); the otter form affects the mycosis, called leishmaniasis americana (espundia for the indians), its it propagates general in the virgin forest.
(4) In the first year (1984) of a reintroduction study, 10 American river otters (Lutra canadensis) from Louisiana were transported to Oklahoma, held for 5 days for clinical evaluation, surgical implantation with intra-abdominal radiotelemetry devices, and then released in Oklahoma.
(5) The other otters have not changed their behavior following Logan’s death, the zoo said.
(6) Clinical and pathological observations of a naturally occurring disease in a British wild otter (Lutra lutra) are reported.
(7) Studies have been made on the peroxidase activity of metmyoglobins in animals from various ecological groups--the horse Equus caballus, cattle Bos taurus, beaver Castor fiber, otter Lutra lutra, mink Mustela vison and dog Canis familiaris.
(8) crescens) was demonstrated as the causative agent in 5 cases of disease-in the badger (Meles meles), the otter (Lutra lutra) and the fox (Vulpes vulpes).
(9) An “unauthorized” pair of pants in an otter enclosure at the Calgary zoo has brought disciplinary action onto two employees, who were blamed for the death of a 12-year-old otter called Logan.
(10) In England, beavers are back on the river Otter , and otters on the river Trent.
(11) Photograph: PR We followed her advice, walking down to the stream in search of terrapins and otters, or through clusters of cork oak trees, their branches hairy with lichen like the ancient trees of a fairytale forest.
(12) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Come spring otters will hunt the vulnerable baby beaver kits.
(13) While we sat on the shore eating our lunch we watched the otter tucking into a butterfish with the same enthusiasm – and completely oblivious to our presence.
(14) In conclusion, before a causal link can be drawn between the status of mink and otter populations and exposure to organochlorine chemicals from the Great Lakes, a large amount of research and data analysis needs to be undertaken.
(15) The classic tale Tarka the Otter was written 90 years ago and my daughter and I thought we’d experience for ourselves some of the places author Henry Williamson brought so vividly to life.
(16) They are incredibly industrious animals and their hard work has benefits for people and wildlife.” There have been sightings of beavers on the Otter for the last decade.
(17) And in November an otter managed a "perilous" three-mile swim to the Farne Islands off the coast of Northumberland for the first time on record.
(18) Keep your eyes peeled for Spawning salmon or sea trout, kingfishers or dippers, or even an otter or a seal in the river.
(19) Clinical evaluation indicated that respiratory tract disease, bacterial and parasitic infections, and inanition may have contributed to the death of these otters.
(20) The origin of major functional shifts from changes in a small fraction of the genome is illustrated by polar bears, sea otters, warblers, vultures, and especially by humans.
Polecat
Definition:
(n.) A small European carnivore of the Weasel family (Putorius foetidus). Its scent glands secrete a substance of an exceedingly disagreeable odor. Called also fitchet, foulmart, and European ferret.
(n.) The zorilla. The name is also applied to other allied species.
Example Sentences:
(1) The results suggest that in male polecats, changes in absolute food intake induce seasonal changes in body weight.
(2) An ELISA was developed using staphylococcal protein A linked with horseradish peroxidase for detecting IgG antibody of rabies virus in human and carnivore sera (80 human, 270 fox, 40 cat, 35 marten, 5 badger and 4 polecat sera were tested in the present work).
(3) A review of the literature yielded reports of 83 other tumours in domestic ferrets, black-footed ferrets and European polecats.
(4) The main host of the hedgehog flea is the European hedgehog, but the flea was also found in different furry mammals, such as polecats, brown rats and foxes.
(5) Polecats which were subjected to the experimental photoperiods completed more molting cycles and underwent more photoperiod-induced changes in body weight than those in the control group.
(6) DNA reassociation kinetics were studied in the European mink (Mustela lutreola), the American mink (M. vison), the marbled polecat (Vormela peregusna).
(7) Vaginal cytology and vulva size were used to characterize the reproductive cycle of female black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes), Siberian polecats (M. eversmanni), and domestic ferrets (M. putorius furo).
(8) An analysis of seasonal changes in energy budget of the farmed polecat (Mustela putorius) was performed in subarctic climate.
(9) Vocalizations of African weasels (Poecilogale albinucha) and polecats (Ictonyx striatus) were tape recorded and analysed sonagraphically.
(10) Eight domestic ferrets (Mustela putorius furo) and two Siberian polecats (M. eversmanni) were inoculated subcutaneously with 12 to 1.2 x 10(7) Yersinia pestis originally isolated during an epizootic of plague in white-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys leucurus) near Meeteetse, Park County, Wyoming (USA) in 1985.
(11) Vaginal cytology is extremely useful in the reproductive management of black-footed ferrets and Siberian polecats.
(12) Body weight of male polecats was highest in winter.
(13) Eight domestic ferrets readily accepted neonatal polecat kits and 5 successfully reared kits, although kit survival was quite poor.
(14) Ammonia concentrations were measured in the nests of farmed raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes-procyonoides Gray, 1834) and polecats (Mustela putorius) at weaning time.
(15) Liver weight of both male and female polecats was significantly higher in winter than in summer.
(16) No marked seasonal changes in body weight of female polecats, or raccoon dogs of both sexes were found.
(17) A total of 395 wild animals represented by 12 species have been studied over the 1972-1975 period for the presence of sarcosporidia--wild swine, does, hares, jackals, foxes, wild cats, polecats, rats, forest mice, and weasels killed in various regions of the district of Bourgas.
(18) Observations carried out on 106 polecat brains showed that the system of basilar arteries of the brain is similar to those in other cornivorous species.