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OT'TER,


OT'TER, n.1 [Sax. oter, otor, or otter; G. otter, an otter, an adder or viper; D. otter; Sw. utter. The Latin lutra, Fr. loutre, It. lontra, Sp. nutria, may possibly be the same word varied in dialect.]

Digitigrade carnivorous mammals, of the genus Lutra, of which about nine species are described. They all have large flattish heads, short ears, webbed toes, crooked nails, and tails slightly flattened horizontally. They are aquatic, and feed on fish.


OT'TER, n.2

A colored farinaceous pulp, in a dry state, which surrounds the seeds within the pericarp, of the Bixa Orellana, a small tree or shrub indigenous to the warmer parts of America. This substance is called Urucu, or by contraction Rocou, and also Arnotto and Anotto. It is much used to give a kind of salmon-color, and it is reputed to be medicinal.


Ot"ter
  1. 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.
  2. A corruption of Annotto.
  3. The larva of the ghost moth. It is very injurious to hop vines.

    Otter hound, Otter dog (Zoöl.), a small breed of hounds, used in England for hunting otters. -- Otter sheep. See Ancon sheep, under Ancon. -- Otter shell (Zoöl.), very large bivalve mollusk (Schizothærus Nuttallii) found on the northwest coast of America. It is excellent food, and is extensively used by the Indians. -- Sea otter. (Zoöl.) See in the Vocabulary.

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OT'TER,

OT'TOMAN, adjective Designating something that pertains to the Turks or to their government; as the ottoman power or empire. The word originated in Othman or Osman, the name of a sultan who assumed the government about the year 1300.

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IMPORT'ANCE, n.

1. Weight; consequence; a bearing on some interest; that quality of any thing by which it may affect a measure, interest or result. The education of youth is of great importance to a free government. A religious education is of infinite importance to every human being.

2. Weight or consequence in the scale of being.

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