NOUN | animal | walrus, seahorse, sea horse | either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber |
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Sounds | wao'lrahs | |
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Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... |
Meaning | Either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber. | |
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Synonyms | seahorse, sea horse | |
Member of | Odobenus, genus Odobenus | type genus of the Odobenidae |
Narrower | Atlantic walrus, Odobenus rosmarus | A walrus of northern Atlantic and Arctic waters |
Pacific walrus, Odobenus divergens | A walrus of the Bering Sea and northern Pacific | |
Broader | pinniped mammal, pinniped, pinnatiped | aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers |
Spanish | morsa, odobenus rosmarus | |
Catalan | morsa |
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