wal·rus

(wôl′rəs, wŏl′-)

n. pl. walrus or wal·rus·es

A large marine mammal (Odobenus rosmarus) of Arctic regions, related to the seals and having two long tusks, tough wrinkled skin, and four flippers.

[Dutch, of Scandinavian origin.]

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walrus

(ˈwɔːlrəs; ˈwɒl-)

n, pl -ruses or -rus

(Animals) a pinniped mammal, Odobenus rosmarus, of northern seas, having a tough thick skin, upper canine teeth enlarged as tusks, and coarse whiskers and feeding mainly on shellfish: family Odobenidae

[C17: probably from Dutch, from Scandinavian; compare Old Norse hrosshvalr (literally: horse whale) and Old English horschwæl; see horse, whale]

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wal•rus

(ˈwɔl rəs, ˈwɒl-)

n., pl. -rus•es, (esp. collectively) -rus.

a large marine mammal, Odobenus rosmarus, of arctic seas, related to eared seals, having large tusks and a tough, wrinkled hide.

[1645–55; < Dutch: literally, whale horse; c. German Walross, Dan hvalros; compare Old English horshwæl walrus, literally, horse-whale]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

walrus - either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber

sea horse, seahorse

pinnatiped, pinniped, pinniped mammal - aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers

genus Odobenus, Odobenus - type genus of the Odobenidae: walruses

Atlantic walrus, Odobenus rosmarus - a walrus of northern Atlantic and Arctic waters

Odobenus divergens, Pacific walrus - a walrus of the Bering Sea and northern Pacific

Translations

فَظّفيل البَحْر

mrož

hvalros

mursu

morž

rozmár

rostungur

tricheco

セイウチ

바다코끼리

jūrų vėplys

valzirgs

mrož

morž

valross

สัตว์ทะเลพวกเดียวกับสิงโตทะเลและแมวน้ำ

deniz aygırı mors

hải mã

海象

walrus

[ˈwɔːlrəs]

A. N (walruses or walrus (pl)) → morsa f

B. CPD walrus moustache N → bigotes mpl de foca

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walrus

[ˈwɔːlrəs ˈwɒlrəs] [walrus or walruses] (pl) n → morse m

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walrus

n → Walross nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

walrus

[ˈwɔːlrəs] n → tricheco

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

walrus

(ˈwoːlrəs) – plurals ˈwalruses ~ˈwalrus – noun

a type of large sea animal with huge tusks, related to the seal.

walrus

→ فَظّ mrož hvalros Walross θαλάσσιος ίππος morsa mursu morse morž tricheco セイウチ 바다코끼리 walrus hvalross mors morsa морж valross สัตว์ทะเลพวกเดียวกับสิงโตทะเลและแมวน้ำ deniz aygırı hải mã 海象

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'"THE WALRUS AND THE CARPENTER" is the longest,' Tweedledum replied, giving his brother an affectionate hug.

The Walrus and the Carpenter Were walking close at hand; They wept like anything to see Such quantities of sand: "If this were only cleared away," They said, "it WOULD be grand!" "If seven maids with seven mops Swept it for half a year, Do you suppose," the Walrus said, "That they could get it clear?" "I doubt it," said the Carpenter, And shed a bitter tear.

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Then ten or twelve men, each with an iron-bound club three or four feet long, came up, and Kerick pointed out one or two of the drove that were bitten by their companions or too hot, and the men kicked those aside with their heavy boots made of the skin of a walrus's throat, and then Kerick said, "Let go!" and then the men clubbed the seals on the head as fast as they could.

But look here--you seem to have a fondness for talking to your betters--suppose you go to Walrus Islet and talk to Sea Vitch.

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After puffing and blowing like a walrus, he put his horrible thought into words:

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So it was with the CASSANDRA, as brought us all safe home from Malabar, after England took the viceroy of the Indies; so it was with the old WALRUS, Flint's old ship, as I've seen amuck with the red blood and fit to sink with gold."

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Just then she heard something splashing about in the pool a little way off, and she swam nearer to make out what it was: at first she thought it must be a walrus or hippopotamus, but then she remembered how small she was now, and she soon made out that it was only a mouse that had slipped in like herself.

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The file would get dull, the rope would break, or my wings would melt in the sun; I should surely kill myself, I should be picked up maimed and crippled; I should be labelled, and put on exhibition in the museum at the Hague between the blood-stained doublet of William the Taciturn and the female walrus captured at Stavesen, and the only result of my enterprise will have been to procure me a place among the curiosities of Holland.

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With his ivory arm frankly thrust forth in welcome, the other captain advanced, and Ahab, putting out his ivory leg, and crossing the ivory arm (like two sword-fish blades) cried out in his walrus way, Aye, aye, hearty!

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Here is Bill Jukes, every inch of him tattooed, the same Bill Jukes who got six dozen on the WALRUS from Flint before he would drop the bag of moidores [Portuguese gold pieces]; and Cookson, said to be Black Murphy's brother (but this was never proved), and Gentleman Starkey, once an usher in a public school and still dainty in his ways of killing; and Skylights (Morgan's Skylights); and the Irish bo'sun Smee, an oddly genial man who stabbed, so to speak, without offence, and was the only Non-conformist in Hook's crew; and Noodler, whose hands were fixed on backwards; and Robt.

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Kadlu's eye rolled round the skin-lined snow-house till it fell on fourteen-year-old Kotuko sitting on the sleeping-bench, making a button out of walrus ivory.

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So far, owing to great care on my part, they think of God as a kind of walrus; but now that my back's turned--Ridley," she demanded, swinging round upon her husband, "what shall we do if we find them saying the Lord's Prayer when we get home again?"

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