walrus

Speech parts

1. walrus - Noun

2. walrus - Verb

Meaning

A very large marine mammal (Trichecus rosmarus) of the Seal family, native of the Arctic Ocean. The male has long and powerful tusks descending from the upper jaw. It uses these in procuring food and in fighting. It is hunted for its oil, ivory, and skin. It feeds largely on mollusks. Called also morse.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

morse sea cow sea horse manatee seahorse pachyderm awkward clumsy arduous fleshy accented expectant pipefish sirenian pinnatiped
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Antonyms

great easy elegant graceful facile adroit
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Hypernyms

pinniped pinnatiped

Examples

I go to restaurants and the groups always play "Yesterday." I even signed a guy's violin in Spain after he played us "Yesterday." He couldn't understand that I didn't write the song. But I guess he couldn't have gone from table to table playing "I Am The Walrus." John Lennon

The time has come,' the walrus said, 'to talk of many things: of shoes and ships - and sealing wax - of cabbages and kings. Lewis Carroll

I'm sorry for croaking at you this evening. This is PM, I'm Eddie Mair: the walrus of news. Eddie Mair

The Walrus was Paul! John Lennon

i am a herd of cats and a drunk shepherd with alzheimer's all at once. i am the walrus. Amanda Palmer

Happy endings must come at the end of something,' the Walrus pointed out. 'If they happen in the middle of a story, or an adventure, or the like, all they do is cheer things up for awhile. Salman Rushdie

Close letter words and terms

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