walrus
walrus
noun
noun
- a large gregarious marine mammal related to the eared seals, having two large downward-pointing tusks and found in the Arctic Ocean
海象 - Odobenus rosmarus, the only member of the family Odobenidae
拉丁名Odobenus rosmarus，海象科的惟一成员
- early 18th cent.: probably from Dutch walrus, perhaps by an inversion of elements (influenced by walvis 'whale-fish') of Old Norse hrosshvalr 'horse-whale'
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