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she-walrus

she-walrus noun: a female walrus.

Noun

she-walrus (plural she-walruses or she-walrus)

  1. (rare) A female walrus.
    • The advice given always consists of certain things that the one threatened must not do, rules of conduct that coincide with the various ones before mentioned ; or also, a dietary may be prescribed, such, for instance, as that the person must not eat he-walrus and only certain portions of the...1908, Knud Rasmussen, The people of the Polar north; a record, page 153
    • Charlie Slowokok told us about the she-walrus's love for her young. On one occasion he had watched a she-walrus from a distance hugging her offspring between her fore-fins, breast feeding it and playing with it afterwards.1964, Sven Gillsäter, Wave After Wave, page 70

Forms of she-walrus

pluralshe-walruses
pluralshe-walrus

Origin of she-walrus

From she- + walrus.

Questions about she-walrus

What does she-walrus mean?
She-walrus means a female walrus.
What part of speech is she-walrus?
She-walrus is a noun.
What is the plural of she-walrus?
The plural of she-walrus is she-walruses.

Words near she-walrus in the dictionary

  1. she-stuff
  2. she-tiger
  3. she-tigers
  4. She-Type
  5. She-Types
  6. she-walrus
  7. she-walruses
  8. She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named
  9. she-wolf
  10. she-wolves
  11. she/he

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