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walrus
- /ˈwɔːl.ɹəs/ UK
- /ˈwɒl.ɹəs/ UK
- /ˈwoːl.ɹəs/ Australia, British, New Zealand
- /ˈwɔl.ɹəs/ Australia, British, New Zealand
- /ˈwɑl.ɹəs/ US
- /ˈwɔl.ɹəs/ US
- /ˈwɔl.ɾəs/ Scotland
- /ˈwɔːl.ɾəs/ Wales
- /ˈwɒl.ɾəs/ Wales
Where it comes from
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.
noun walruses · walrus · walrusses · walri · walrii
- A large Arctic pinniped having long tusks, tough, wrinkled skin, and four flippers, Odobenus rosmarus. Of all the Phocine family none present so terrible and grotesque an appearance as the gigantic Walrus, also known as the morse and sea-horse.
- A man with a walrus moustache. You old walrus, don't you think it is time for you to lop your whiskers off?
verb walruses · walrusses · walrusing · walrussing · walrused
- To hunt walruses It's strange to see parties of merrymakers gather where I nearly drowned, and later walrused with David Isaakovich, Father Basil and the rest of them.
- To move dragging one's belly along the floor Gaddy walrused herself from the back seat
- To hang like a walrus's moustache His untrimmed mustache walrused down and over his hidden mouth
- To be prominent, like tusks Where a mammal had its canine teeth, great fangs walrused down from the grezzen's upper jaw, as long as scimitars and as thick as human thighs.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: sea horse, seahorse, tusk, ivory, morning, guru, morse, odobenid, odobenine, narwhal, walrus moustache, fur seal, walrus mustache, she-walrus, narwhale, narwal
Translations
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noun large Arctic marine mammal
| Español | morsa, rosmaro |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 바다코끼리 badakokkiri, 해상 haesang, 해마 haema |
| 日本語 | セイウチ seiuchi, 海象 |
| 中文 | 海象 hǎixiàng |
| हिन्दी | वालरस vālras |
| Kiswahili | walarasi |
| Português | morsa |
| Français | morse |
| Deutsch | Walross |
| Italiano | tricheco |
| Ελληνικά | οδόβαινος odóvainos, θαλάσσιος ίππος thalássios íppos |
| Română | morsă |
| Русский | морж morž |
| Tiếng Việt | moóc, voi biển, hải tượng |
| العربية | فَظّ faẓẓ |
| עברית | נִיבְתָן nivtan, סוּס יַם sus yám |
Talk about this word "walrus." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/walrus. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. walrus. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/walrus "walrus." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/walrus.Cite this
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title = {walrus},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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