Translation

kawa-uso means "Otter" in English.

kawa-uso is normally written with katakana, as カワウソ.
kawa-uso written with hiragana is かわうそ.
kawa-uso written with kanji is 川獺.
This word contains non-jouyou kanji 常用漢字.
Romaji ka wa u so
Hiraganaかわうそ
Katakanaカワウソ
Kanji 川 獺
Meaning River Otter
School Level 小1 ✕

kawa-uso may also be written as 獺 or 河獺.

Synonyms

ottā オッター, uso 獺, oso 獺, datsu 獺, Lutrinae.

Further Reading

Wikipedia: 獺 (Otter)