walrus

23 2.1

A large sea mammal with long tusks, whiskers, and thick fat that lives in Arctic seas

noun
/ˈwɔːl.rəs/

: morsa

A walrus has long ivory tusks that can grow up to three feet in length.

We're going to do the entire second act as walruses.

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Examples

The thick blubber of a walrus helps it stay warm in the frigid northern seas.
My favorite part about the walrus is that its tail is composed of claws.

Blog text (24)
Or that the skin on a walrus can be over 3 inches thick.

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He said that the walruses home is on the ice.
Walrus, bearded seal, ringed seal, narwhal, beluga and caribou, and fish.

The Last Ice (2020)
In the Arctic, a walrus can often be seen lounging on the ice with other members of its herd.

Synonyms

Odobenus rosmarus

vswalrus

Specialized

9.5

A large sea mammal with long tusks and whiskers that lives in cold northern seas

is the common everyday name rather than a scientific label

Idioms

to look like a walrus

Offensive

8.5

To have a large, round face and a big mustache like a walrus

Compounds

walrus mustache

1 6.6

Thick hair on the face that hangs over the mouth like walrus whiskers

Atlantic walrus

Canadian

5.8

A large sea animal with long tusks and thick blubber that lives in cold northern Atlantic and Arctic waters

Pacific walrus

4.4

A large sea mammal with long tusks, whiskers, and thick blubber that lives on northern sea ice

walrus operator

Jargon

8.3

A symbol that lets you set a value inside a piece of code in Python

Surface Forms

walrus singular

walruses plural

Etymology

Walrus comes from old northern words meaning whale and horse, so people thought of it as a kind of 'whale-horse'. That image helps explain the modern meaning: a very large sea animal with long tusks and thick blubber.