Etymology: [ 'wol-r&s, 'wäl- ] (noun.) 1728. From Danish hvalros, inversion of Old Norse hrosshvalr (“horse-whale”). Compare Dutch walrus, Icelandic hross (“a horse”) and hvalur (“a whale”) and German Walross.
A large Arctic marine mammal related to seals and having long tusks, tough, wrinkled skin, and four flippers, Large Arctic marine mammal (Odobenus rosmarus), related to seals and having long tusks, tough, wrinkled skin, and four flippers, Called also morse, A very large marine mammal (Trichecus rosmarus) of the Seal family, native of the Arctic Ocean, either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber, A walrus is a large, fat animal which lives in the sea. It has two long teeth called tusks that point downwards. a large sea animal with two long tusks (=things like teeth) coming down from the sides of its mouth seal (perhaps from hrosshvalr ). Only living species (Odobenus rosmarus) of the pinniped family Odobenidae. Larger than the related seals, walrus males grow up to 12 ft (3.7 m) long and weigh up to 2,800 lbs (1,270 kg). Both sexes have long, downward-pointing tusks that may grow to 3 ft (1 m) long and weigh 12 lbs (5.4 kg) each. They have no external ears. The grayish skin is deeply folded over the shoulders. They live on ice floes, in groups of up to 100, on relatively shallow water in arctic seas of Eurasia and North America. They may dive to great depths in search of food, mostly shellfish. On land and ice, they move on all four limbs. They generally follow the ice line south in winter and north in summer. Traditionally important to native humans as sources of food and clothing, they have also been hunted commercially for centuries, which has resulted in serious depletion of their numbers. Commercial hunting is now generally banned, The male has long and powerful tusks descending from the upper jaw, It uses these in procuring food and in fighting, It feeds largely on mollusks, It is hunted for its oil, ivory, and skin, large tough-skinned sea animal that is related to seals and has two tusks and four flippers, morse, sea horse, waltron, sea cow,
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A large Arctic marine mammal related to seals and having long tusks, tough, wrinkled skin, and four flippers
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Large Arctic marine mammal (Odobenus rosmarus), related to seals and having long tusks, tough, wrinkled skin, and four flippers
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Called also morse
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A very large marine mammal (Trichecus rosmarus) of the Seal family, native of the Arctic Ocean
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either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber
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A walrus is a large, fat animal which lives in the sea. It has two long teeth called tusks that point downwards. a large sea animal with two long tusks (=things like teeth) coming down from the sides of its mouth seal (perhaps from hrosshvalr ). Only living species (Odobenus rosmarus) of the pinniped family Odobenidae. Larger than the related seals, walrus males grow up to 12 ft (3.7 m) long and weigh up to 2,800 lbs (1,270 kg). Both sexes have long, downward-pointing tusks that may grow to 3 ft (1 m) long and weigh 12 lbs (5.4 kg) each. They have no external ears. The grayish skin is deeply folded over the shoulders. They live on ice floes, in groups of up to 100, on relatively shallow water in arctic seas of Eurasia and North America. They may dive to great depths in search of food, mostly shellfish. On land and ice, they move on all four limbs. They generally follow the ice line south in winter and north in summer. Traditionally important to native humans as sources of food and clothing, they have also been hunted commercially for centuries, which has resulted in serious depletion of their numbers. Commercial hunting is now generally banned
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The male has long and powerful tusks descending from the upper jaw
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It uses these in procuring food and in fighting
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It feeds largely on mollusks
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It is hunted for its oil, ivory, and skin
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large tough-skinned sea animal that is related to seals and has two tusks and four flippers isim
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A Walrus.
morse - "Then we passed through a great deale of small ice, and sawe, upon some peices, two morses, and upon some, one; and also diuers seales, layeing upon peices of ice."
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