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DEFINITIONS OF:
walrus
1
n
either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber
Synonyms:
sea horse
,
seahorse
Types:
Atlantic walrus
,
Odobenus rosmarus
a walrus of northern Atlantic and Arctic waters
Odobenus divergens
,
Pacific walrus
a walrus of the Bering Sea and northern Pacific
Type of:
pinnatiped
,
pinniped
,
pinniped mammal
aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers
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