walrus

1. 1.

   either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber

   Synonymsseahorsesea horse

   Broaderpinniped mammal

   NarrowerAtlantic walrusPacific walrus

   Part ofOdobenus

Other forms of walrus

plural

walruses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about walrus

What does walrus mean?

walrus means "either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber".

How many syllables are in walrus?

walrus has 2 syllables: wal-rus. The stress falls on "wal". In IPA it is /ˈwɔlɹəs/.

What is another word for walrus?

Close synonyms include seahorse, sea horse. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is walrus a common word?

walrus is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.