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walrus

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"Tusked Arctic mammal"

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈwɔːl.ɹəs/Part of speech nounSorted alrsuwStarts with WEnds with S1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • You old walrus, don't you think it is time for you to lop your whiskers off?
  • One, a rumpled, whiskered walrus of a man, held a lantern near Mother's face.

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