walrus en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈwɒl.ɾəs/ (Wales)
- /ˈwoːl.ɹəs/ (Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard)
- (Australia) audio
- /ˈwɔl.ɹəs/ (Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard)
- (US) audio
- /ˈwɔl.ɾəs/ (Scotland)
- /ˈwɔːl.ɹəs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈwɑl.ɹəs/ (US)
- /ˈwɔl.ɹəs/ (US)
- /ˈwɒl.ɹəs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Australia) audio
- /ˈwɔːl.ɾəs/ (Wales)
Etymology
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.
Meanings
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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.
1887, James W. Buel, Sea and Land, page 251:
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(derogatory, informal, sometimes) A man with a walrus moustache.
You old walrus, don't you think it is time for you to lop your whiskers off?
2008, James E. Martin, The Chartreuse Mongoose, page 145:One, a rumpled, whiskered walrus of a man, held a lantern near Mother's face.
2013, Marione Ingram, The Hands of War:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| walri | Number=Plur | humorous, nonstandard, often, proscribed, uncommon | lexicographic |
| walrus | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| walrusses | Number=Plur | uncommon | lexicographic |
| walrii | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| walruses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
eared seal · sea lion · true seal · phocid · whale · otariid · fur seal · cetacean · manatee · sea pig · sirenian · sea hog · sea cow · earless seal · dugong · seal · seaswine
Deriveds
Walrussia · walrus mustache · she-walrus · walrus operator · walruslike · walrus moustache · Ambien walrus
Descendants
Hypernyms
organism · mammal · marine mammal · creature · animal · vertebrate · pinniped
Synonyms
Translations (128)
ms gajah mina (large Arctic marine mammal) · ik aiviq (large Arctic marine mammal) · vi moóc (large Arctic marine mammal) · th วอลรัส (large Arctic marine mammal) · kl aaveq (large Arctic marine mammal) · iu ᐁᕕᖃ (large Arctic marine mammal) · mn моорж (large Arctic marine mammal) · nan-hbl 海象 (large Arctic marine mammal) · os морж (large Arctic marine mammal) · yi ראָזמאַרין (large Arctic marine mammal) · ka ლომვეშაპი (large Arctic marine mammal) · te వాల్రస్ (large Arctic marine mammal) · da hvalros (large Arctic marine mammal) · et morsk (large Arctic marine mammal) · he סוּס יַם (large Arctic marine mammal) · my ဝါးလရပ်ဖျံ (large Arctic marine mammal) · sh мо̏рж (large Arctic marine mammal) · tsi t'iibn (large Arctic marine mammal) · ko 해마 (large Arctic marine mammal) · lo ຊ້າງທະເລ (large Arctic marine mammal) · he נִיבְתָן (large Arctic marine mammal) · bg морж (large Arctic marine mammal) · ga rosualt (large Arctic marine mammal) · bo མཚོ་གླང (large Arctic marine mammal) · nb hvalross (large Arctic marine mammal) · gv coo ny marrey (large Arctic marine mammal) · ja 海象 (large Arctic marine mammal) · az su öküzü (large Arctic marine mammal) · chr ᏓᏑᏫᏍᎩ ᎡᏆ (large Arctic marine mammal) · fa گراز دریایی (large Arctic marine mammal) · az morj (large Arctic marine mammal) · uz morj (large Arctic marine mammal) · sq trikeku (large Arctic marine mammal) · sv valross (large Arctic marine mammal) · yrk-tun тивтей (large Arctic marine mammal) · ast morsa (large Arctic marine mammal) · es morsa (large Arctic marine mammal) · dsb morž (large Arctic marine mammal) · sk mrož (large Arctic marine mammal) · tt морж (large Arctic marine mammal) · sq lopë deti (large Arctic marine mammal) · ml വാൽറസ് (large Arctic marine mammal) · ur والرس (large Arctic marine mammal) · fi mursu (large Arctic marine mammal) · ms walrus (large Arctic marine mammal) · cmn 海象 (large Arctic marine mammal) · yi מאָרזש (large Arctic marine mammal) · is rostungur (large Arctic marine mammal) · vi voi biển (large Arctic marine mammal) · es rosmaro (large Arctic marine mammal) · el θαλάσσιος ίππος (large Arctic marine mammal) · mk морж (large Arctic marine mammal) · esu asveq (large Arctic marine mammal) · vi hải tượng (large Arctic marine mammal) · niv чуғных (large Arctic marine mammal) · el οδόβαινος (large Arctic marine mammal) · it tricheco (large Arctic marine mammal) · frr waalros (large Arctic marine mammal) · myv обран (large Arctic marine mammal) · ru морж (large Arctic marine mammal) · hy ծովափիղ (large Arctic marine mammal) · eu mortsa (large Arctic marine mammal) · ja セイウチ (large Arctic marine mammal) · cy walrws (large Arctic marine mammal) · pl mors (large Arctic marine mammal) · br kole-mor (large Arctic marine mammal) · ko 바다코끼리 (large Arctic marine mammal) · ckt рыркы (large Arctic marine mammal) · kw mordarow (large Arctic marine mammal) · pnb والرس (large Arctic marine mammal) · sl mrož (large Arctic marine mammal) · ca morsa (large Arctic marine mammal) · haw waleluka (large Arctic marine mammal) · be морж (large Arctic marine mammal) · cv морж (large Arctic marine mammal) · sjd моррш (large Arctic marine mammal) · nb kvalross (large Arctic marine mammal) · ceb walrus (large Arctic marine mammal) · lt vėplys (large Arctic marine mammal) · cdo 海馬 /海马 (large Arctic marine mammal) · io rosmaro (large Arctic marine mammal) · vo valrod (large Arctic marine mammal) · bn সিন্ধুঘোটক (large Arctic marine mammal) · se morša (large Arctic marine mammal) · yi ים־פֿערד (large Arctic marine mammal) · az su inəyi (large Arctic marine mammal) · fr morse (large Arctic marine mammal) · ckt рыркат (large Arctic marine mammal) · oc mòrsa (large Arctic marine mammal) · sh mȍrž (large Arctic marine mammal) · lb Walross (large Arctic marine mammal) · mn далайн заан (large Arctic marine mammal) · cs mrož (large Arctic marine mammal) · tl morsa (large Arctic marine mammal) · gd each-mara (large Arctic marine mammal) · de Walross (large Arctic marine mammal) · ko 해상 (large Arctic marine mammal) · ar فَظّ (large Arctic marine mammal) · hi वालरस (large Arctic marine mammal) · yue 海象 (large Arctic marine mammal) · kk морж (large Arctic marine mammal) · nn kvalross (large Arctic marine mammal) · hu rozmár (large Arctic marine mammal) · mn далайн морь (large Arctic marine mammal) · ain ソㇹ (large Arctic marine mammal) · fo roysningur (large Arctic marine mammal) · nl walrus (large Arctic marine mammal) · ang horshwæl (large Arctic marine mammal) · sw walarasi (large Arctic marine mammal) · uk морж (large Arctic marine mammal) · eo rosmaro (large Arctic marine mammal) · gl morsa (large Arctic marine mammal) · kw morvugh (large Arctic marine mammal) · ln walelósi (large Arctic marine mammal) · udm морж (large Arctic marine mammal) · lv valzirgs (large Arctic marine mammal) · tg морж (large Arctic marine mammal) · hy ծովացուլ (large Arctic marine mammal) · kmr mors (large Arctic marine mammal) · kpy йыйка (large Arctic marine mammal) · chr ᏩᎸᏭᏍ (large Arctic marine mammal) · pt morsa (large Arctic marine mammal) · tr mors (large Arctic marine mammal) · ro morsă (large Arctic marine mammal) · mn ᠳᠠᠯᠠᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠮᠣᠷᠢ ᠳᠠᠯᠠᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠵᠠᠭᠠᠨ (large Arctic marine mammal) · zu iwalerosi (large Arctic marine mammal) · izh morža (large Arctic marine mammal) · pa ਵਾਲਰਸ (large Arctic marine mammal)