lontra
Meaning
otter
Frequency
Hyphenated as
lon‧tra
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈlõ.tɾɐ/
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese *lontra, from a Vulgar Latin variant of Latin lutra. First attested in Gil Vicente's Auto das Fadas. Cf. also Old Galician-Portuguese luntria, attested in 1253.
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