Otter Otter Otters are carnivorous mammals in the subfamily Lutrinae. The 13 extant otter species are all semiaquatic, aquatic or marine, with diets based on fish and invertebrates. Lutrinae is a branch of the weasel family Mustelidae, which also includes badgers, honey badgers, martens, minks, polecats, and wolverines. The word "otter" derives from the Old English word "otor" or "oter". This, and cognate words in other Indo-European languages, ultimately stem from the Proto-Indo-European language root *wódr̥, which also gave rise to the English word "water". An otter's den is called a holt or couch. Male otters are called dogs or boars,
Otter Woman Missouri River. Charbonneau had left a nearby hunting expedition to visit the encampment, "to here [sic] what we had told the Indians in Council," and more importantly, to apply for a job as the Corps' interpreter. At the meeting, Charbonneau informed the two captains that he spoke Hidatsa, and that his two wives spoke Shoshone. Otter Woman is mentioned in one of the diaries of the Corps of Discovery: "today the wives of Charbono [sic] came to the Fort (Fort Mandan) bringing gifts of buffalo robes." After that single nameless mention, Otter Woman disappears from all but oral histories. During