walrus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A large Arctic pinniped having long tusks, tough, wrinkled skin, and four flippers, Odobenus rosmarus.
A man with a walrus moustache.

verb

To hunt walruses
To be like a walrus
To move dragging one's belly along the floor
To hang like a walrus's moustache
To be prominent, like tusks

Pronunciation

/ˈwɔːl.ɹəs/ /ˈwɒl.ɹəs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Pvanp7-walrus.wav /ˈwɑl.ɹəs/ /ˈwɔl.ɹəs/ en-us-walrus.ogg /ˈwoːl.ɹəs/ en-au-walrus.ogg /ˈwɔl.ɾəs/

Word forms

walrus walruses walrusses walri walrii walrusing walrussing walrused walrussed

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Dutch walrus, a compound of wal (“whale”) and ros (“horse”). Displaced native Old English horshwæl (literally “horse-whale”). Compare similar constructions in Danish hvalros, Old Norse hrosshvalr, and German Walross.

Synonyms

sea horse morse

Derived words

Ambien walrus she-walrus walruslike walrus moustache walrus mustache walrus operator

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