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walruses

walruses is the plural of walrus.

Meaning of walrus

Noun

walrus (plural walruses or walrus or (uncommon) walrusses or (both, nonstandard, proscribed, uncommon and often humorous) walri or walrii)

  1. A large Arctic pinniped having long tusks, tough, wrinkled skin, and four flippers, Odobenus rosmarus.
    • Of all the Phocine family none present so terrible and grotesque an appearance as the gigantic Walrus, also known as the morse and sea-horse.1887, James W. Buel, Sea and Land, page 251
  2. (derogatory, informal, sometimes) A man with a walrus moustache.
    • You old walrus, don't you think it is time for you to lop your whiskers off?2008, James E. Martin, The Chartreuse Mongoose, page 145

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Questions about walruses

What is walruses the plural of?
Walruses is the plural of walrus.

Words near walruses in the dictionary

  1. walrus mustache
  2. walrus mustaches
  3. walrus operator
  4. walrus operators
  5. walrused
  6. walruses
  7. walrusian
  8. walrusine
  9. walrusing
  10. walruslike
  11. walrussed

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