A semi-aquatic mammal with brown fur, webbed feet, and a long tail, known for its swimming ability and diet of fish and frogs.

A marine mammal with thick brown fur, a cylindrical body, and webbed feet that is skilled at swimming and diving.

A type of large, burrowing ground squirrel that lives in colonies and hibernates in the winter; also known as [[土拨鼠|土撥鼠|tu3 bo1 shu3]] or [[鼧鼥|鼧鼥|tuo2 ba2]].

to waste or squander resources, especially money or food

(zoology) sloth; a rare variant of [[树懒|樹懶|shu4 lan3]]

coypu (Myocastor coypus), a large semi-aquatic rodent native to South America, also known as a nutria

(literary) an otter; an aquatic animal of the otter family

(literary) to compose a piece of writing by piling up references or taking bits from various other works; based on the image of an otter displaying its catch of fish on a riverbank, as if offering them in a ritual sacrifice

to display many books while writing or to quote extensively; refers to the behavior of otters laying out their catch like an offering

duck-billed platypus, a semiaquatic egg-laying mammal endemic to Australia