noun

• An aquatic or marine carnivorous mammal in the subfamily Lutrinae of the family Mustelidae, which also includes weasels, polecats, badgers, and others.
• (gay slang) A hairy man with a slender physique, in contrast with a bear, who is more thickset.
• (obsolete) annatto (dye)
• A river with its source in the Blackdown Hills, Somerset, and which flows through Devon, to Lyme Bay in the English Channel.
• Archaic form of attar. [An essential oil extracted from flowers.]