walrus
A walrus
Meaning
Noun
- A large Arctic marine mammal related to seals and having long tusks, tough, wrinkled skin, and four flippers, Odobenus rosmarus.
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Origin
- Probably borrowed from Dutch walrus, a compound of wal and ros. Displaced native Old English horshwæl. Compare similar constructions in Danish hvalros, Old Norse hrosshvalr, and German Walross.
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