Noun: walrus wol-rus
- Either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber
"walruss use their tusks to haul themselves out onto ice floes";
- seahorse [archaic], sea horse [archaic]
Derived forms: walruses
Type of: pinniped, pinniped mammal
Part of: genus Odobenus, Odobenus
Encyclopedia: Walrus