genus Enhydra

genus Enhydra
noun
sea otters
Syn: ↑Enhydra
Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Mustelidae, ↑family Mustelidae
Member Meronyms: ↑sea otter, ↑Enhydra lutris

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