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walrus
/ˈwɑl.ɹəs/
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What does walrus mean?
noun
- A large Arctic pinniped having long tusks, tough, wrinkled skin, and four flippers, Odobenus rosmarus.
verb
- To hunt walruses
- To move dragging one's belly along the floor
More meanings (3)
verb
- To hang like a walrus's moustache
- To be prominent, like tusks
noun
- (derogatory, informal) A man with a walrus moustache.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈwɑl.ɹəs/
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A walrus spouts much like a whale, but the walrus is not a fish, because he is amphibious.
The Eskimo seem to belong to the Arctic region, as naturally as the white bear and the walrus.
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On one of these boards I saw, branded with a hot iron, the name WALRUS--the name of Flint’s ship.
They were like no walrus, sea lion, seal, bear, whale, shark, fish, squid, or scallop that Kotick had ever seen before.
They had plenty of tepee walrus meat, which was good food for them, but which I could not at that time eat.