walrus
IPA: wˈɔɫrʌs
noun
- A large Arctic marine mammal related to seals and having long tusks, tough, wrinkled skin, and four flippers, Odobenus rosmarus.
- (informal, sometimes derogatory) A man with a walrus moustache.
verb
- To hunt walruses
- To be like a walrus
- To move dragging one's belly along the floor
- To hang like a walrus's moustache
- To be prominent, like tusks
Advertisement
Examples of "walrus" in Sentences
- I saw walrus and hippo at the zoo.
- The article Walrus explains the etymology.
- The walrus is a mammal in the order Carnivora.
- The fishing vessel Walrus rescued the survivor.
- The walrus is what the loon depends on for survival.
- The sealers went ashore and began the hunt for walrus.
- The walrus is what the Nunivak peoples depended on to survive.
- By the start of World War II the Walrus was in widespread use.
- The walrus is the only living species in the Odobenidae family.
- There is some variation on the exact style of the walrus moustache.
Advertisement
Advertisement