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walrus.

A large Arctic pinniped having long tusks, tough, wrinkled skin, and four flippers, Odobenus rosmarus.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈwɔːl.ɹəs/Received-Pronunciation/ˈwɒl.ɹəs/Received-Pronunciation/ˈwoːl.ɹəs/Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard/ˈwɔl.ɹəs/Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard

  1. A large Arctic pinniped having long tusks, tough, wrinkled skin, and four flippers, Odobenus rosmarus.

  2. A man with a walrus moustache.

    derogatory · informal · sometimes
Where this word 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.

verb/ˈwɔːl.ɹəs/Received-Pronunciation/ˈwɒl.ɹəs/Received-Pronunciation/ˈwoːl.ɹəs/Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard/ˈwɔl.ɹəs/Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard

  1. To hunt walruses

  2. To be like a walrus To move dragging one's belly along the floor

  3. To be like a walrus To hang like a walrus's moustache

  4. To be like a walrus To be prominent, like tusks

Where this word 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.

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