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 Definitions of walrus  [ˈwɔl rəs, ˈwɒl-]  

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Definition of 'walrus' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

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

Etymology:  (1645–55; < D: lit., whale horse; c. G Walross, Dan hvalros; cf. OE horshwæl walrus, lit., horse-whale)

Definition of 'walrus' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) walrus, seahorse, sea horse
either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber


Definition of 'walrus' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) walrus
a large animal with tusks, living near the ocean


Definition of 'walrus' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) walrus
a very large marine mammal (Trichecus rosmarus) of the Seal family, native of the Arctic Ocean. The male has long and powerful tusks descending from the upper jaw. It uses these in procuring food and in fighting. It is hunted for its oil, ivory, and skin. It feeds largely on mollusks. Called also morse


Translation of 'walrus' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

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

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: walrus Arabic flag Arabic: فيل البَحْر Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: морж
Brazilian flag Brazilian: morsa Czech flag Czech: mrož German flag German: das Walroß
Danish flag Danish: hvalros Greek flag Greek: θαλάσσιος ίππος Spanish flag Spanish: morsa
Estonian flag Estonian: morsk Farsi flag Farsi: فيل دريايي Finnish flag Finnish: mursu
French flag French: morse Hebrew flag Hebrew: סוּס יָם Hindi flag Hindi: दरियाई घोड़ा
Croatian flag Croatian: morž Hungarian flag Hungarian: rozmár Indonesian flag Indonesian: walrus
Icelandic flag Icelandic: rostungur Italian flag Italian: tricheco Japanese flag Japanese: せいうち
Korean flag Korean: 바다코끼리 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: jūrų vėplys Latvian flag Latvian: valzirgs
Malay flag Malay: anjing laut Dutch flag Dutch: walrus Norwegian flag Norwegian: hvalross
Polish flag Polish: mors Portuguese flag Portuguese: morsa Romanian flag Romanian: morsă
Russian flag Russian: морж Slovak flag Slovak: mrož Slovenian flag Slovenian: mrož
Serbian flag Serbian: morž Swedish flag Swedish: valross Thai flag Thai: สัตว์ทะเลพวกเดียวกับสิงโต
Turkish flag Turkish: deniz aygırı, mors Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 海象 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: морж
Urdu flag Urdu: گوشت خور سمندری جانور Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: hải mã Chinese flag Chinese: 海象

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