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,
Francis Otter Francis Otter Francis Otter (1831 – 29 May 1895) was an English Liberal politician. Otter was the son of Francis Otter of Ranby Hall, Wragby, and his wife Elizabeth Younger. He was educated at Gainsborough, Rugby School and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1867. He became a J.P. for Lincolnshire. In the 1885 general election, Otter was elected Member of Parliament for Louth but did not stand again at the 1886 general election. He had intended to stand, but was taken ill suddenly on the day when nominations closed, and since