Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Lontra f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Mustelidae – the otters.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - infraclass; Epitheria - magnorder; Laurasiatheria - superorder; Carnivora - order; Caniformia - suborder; Mustelidae - family; Lutrinae - subfamily

Portuguese

Proper noun

Lontra

1. Lontra (municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil)

Galician

Noun

lontra f ‎(plural lontras)

1. otter

Italian

Etymology

From Latin lutra.

Noun

lontra f ‎(plural lontre)

1. otter

Portuguese

lontra (Lutra lutra)

Etymology

From Latin lutra ‎(“otter”), from luō ‎(“I wash”), from a Proto-Indo-European source.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlõtɾɐ/

Noun

lontra f (plural lontras)

1. otter