n. a famous light monoplane much used in bush flying in the Canadian North, manufactured by DeHavilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd.
See also: bush flying
- 1955  . . . a ski-equipped Otter plane picked up the four passengers. . . .
- 1965  A baby girl was born to Mrs. Iris Adjukak Saturday in a single-engine . . . Otter aircraft on an emergency flight from Coppermine, N.W.T. . . .