Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A name under which two genera of otters have been formed:
  • noun The sea-otter, of the subfamily Enhydrinæ. C. L. Gloger, 1827. See Enhydris, 2.
  • noun Certain land-otters of the subfamily Lutrinæ, as the North American Lutra canadensis.

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  • According to Mike Geide, senior security researcher at Sunnyvale, Calif. -based security firm Zscaler, anyone clicking to www. latax.gov.cn - agovernmentsite with informationabout paying taxes - will infect their computers.

    Google-style cyberattack found on Chinese government site 2010

  • To the former class of animals belong the so-called castor, the satyrium, the otter, and the so-called latax, or beaver.

    The History of Animals 2002

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