walrus

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. A large Arctic marine mammal related to seals and having long tusks, tough, wrinkled skin, and four flippers, Odobenus rosmarus.
2. (derogatory, informal, sometimes) A man with a walrus moustache.

Verb

1. To hunt walruses
2. To be like a walrus
3. To be like a walrus
4. To be like a walrus

Sinónimos

sea horse

seahorse

sea cow

sea elephant

Morse

sea-horse

Traducións

morse

Walross

morsa

tricheco

walrus

morsa

morsa

mors

Walroß

θαλάσσιος ίππος

Odobenus rosmarus

Odobaenus rosmarus

Odobenus rosmarus

Seeelefant

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ˈwɔːl.ɹəs/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Relativo a Old English: horshwæl

Relativo a dinamarqués: hvalros

Relativo a Old Norse: hrosshvalr

Relativo a alemán: Walross

In summary

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.