What does ottery mean?
Ottery means Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an otter..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an otter..
Anyone who has watched, for example, a litter of otter cubs rolling about in an ottery tangle can hardly doubt that they're really having fun.
[…] this guy she's seen before with the . . . ferret? or mongoose? ... an ottery thing, whatever, on a clothesline leash. . . .
Spraints consist mostly of food remains, such as fish bones, to which are added the fairly inconspicuous secretions of two anal glands, situated along the gut close to the anus; they produce the 'ottery' smell.
Use ottery when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Ottery means Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an otter..
Common synonyms include lutrine, otterish, otterlike.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Anyone who has watched, for example, a litter of otter cubs rolling about in an ottery tangle can hardly doubt that they're really having fun.
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