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Noun: walrus  wol-rus
  1. 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