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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

  1. 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:
  2. (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

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
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

waleluka · walrws

Hypernyms

organism · mammal · marine mammal · creature · animal · vertebrate · pinniped

Synonyms

sea horse · sea morse · morse

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)

wikidata: Q40994

walrus en · VERB

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

  1. 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. 2016, Andrey Kurkov, The President's Last Love, Kiev, 9 May 1985:
  2. To be like a walrus ▸ To move dragging one's belly along the floor
    • Gaddy walrused herself from the back seat 2020, Will Ferguson, The Finder: A Novel:
  3. To be like a walrus ▸ To hang like a walrus's moustache
    • His untrimmed mustache walrused down and over his hidden mouth 2000, Michael L. McCoy, The Hunter, the Hound and a Rogue:
  4. To be like a walrus ▸ 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. 2011, Robert Buettner, Overkill:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
walrusses Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres uncommon lexicographic
walrussed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part uncommon lexicographic
walrussed Tense=Past uncommon lexicographic
walruses Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
walrused Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
walrused Tense=Past lexicographic
walrusing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
walrussing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part uncommon lexicographic