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walrus

SubstantivVerbin Dialogen belegt

  • Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈwɔːl.ɹəs//
  • Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈwɒl.ɹəs//
  • Australien//ˈwoːl.ɹəs//

A large Arctic pinniped having long tusks, tough, wrinkled skin, and four flippers, Odobenus rosmarus.

Substantiv

  1. 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.

  2. 2

    umgangssprachlichA man with a walrus moustache.

    You old walrus, don't you think it is time for you to lop your whiskers off?

    One, a rumpled, whiskered walrus of a man, held a lantern near Mother's face.

Herkunft

Probably borrowed from Dutch walrus, a compound of wal (“whale”) and ros (“horse”). Displaced native Old English horshwæl (literally “horse-whale”). Compare similar constructions in Danish hvalros, Old Norse hrosshvalr, and German Walross.

Verb

  1. 1

    To hunt walruses

    It's strange to see parties of merrymakers gather where I nearly drowned, and later walrused with David Isaakovich, Father Basil and the rest of them.

  2. 2

    To be like a walrus To move dragging one's belly along the floor

    Gaddy walrused herself from the back seat

  3. 3

    To be like a walrus To hang like a walrus's moustache

    His untrimmed mustache walrused down and over his hidden mouth

  4. 4

    To be like a walrus To be prominent, like tusks

    Where a mammal had its canine teeth, great fangs walrused down from the grezzen's upper jaw, as long as scimitars and as thick as human thighs.

Formen

Plural
walruses, walrusses, walri, walrii
Präteritum
walrused, walrussed
Partizip II
walrused, walrussed
Partizip I
walrusing, walrussing
3. Person Singular
walruses, walrusses
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