noun
definition
A large Arctic marine mammal related to seals and having long tusks, tough, wrinkled skin, and four flippers, Odobenus rosmarus.
Examples of walrus in a Sentence
Delphinopterus leucus, the sea-lion (Otaria Stelleri), and walrus abound off the coasts.
The walrus is now seldom seen, although in prehistoric times it was common.
He alone was aware of the existence of the new throne of walrus ivory embellished with three silver life-size lions, and of the new regalia, both of which treasures he had, by the king's command, concealed in a vault beneath the royal castle.
The walrus is now found mainly far N.; the sea otter, once fairly common throughout the Aleutian district, is now rarely found even on the remoter islands; the fur seal, whose habitat is the Pribilof Islands in Bering Sea, ha .s been considerably reduced in numbers by pelagic hunting.
Walrus tusks and walrus hides, which in the days of the old Norse settlements were the chief articles of export, are now of little importance.
I think he was a big, fat daddy walrus.
The props on Comer 's desk include period pipes, maps, and a walrus tusk.
Walrus is a classic wire frame that comes in either Pewter or Satin Gold.
The Eskimo lifted his weighted boat with sheer-legs made of two paddles; he also had a tackle without sheaves, formed by reaving a greased thong through slits cut in the hide of a walrus.
A huge walrus had just blundered through the sand castle party, wrecking hours of industry by the children.
Dice were made of antler for the most part, although examples of bone, walrus ivory and jet are also known.
On the way he encounters many perils which he must overcome including ghouls, a giant walrus and a saber tooth tiger.
During the inter-war years most knew a plump personage with a walrus mustache.
Even given this proviso, there remains a strong possibility that the walrus may be a geomorphic agent of considerable effect.
The props on Comer's desk include period pipes, maps, and a walrus tusk.
A trained male walrus was rewarded to distinguish between triangular and circular shapes on a flat and a heterogenous substrate.
In addition to walrus the marine sanctuary is home to sea lions, seals and migrating gray whales.
This year, Wallace Walrus, Plato Platypus and Crocket Crocodile are sure to make a splash with shoppers.
Archaeologists, for example, have discovered cave drawings depicting members of Inuit tribes using walrus skins to throw each other into the air.
In the Macarthy roller gin, the lint, drawn by a roller covered with leather (preferably walrus hide), is drawn between a metal plate called the " doctor " (fixed tangentially to the roller and very close to it) and a blade called the " beater " or knife, which rapidly moves up and down immediately behind, and parallel to, the fixed plate.
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen, I am the walrus, goo goo goo g'joob, goo goo g'joob.
Personal observations of polar bears stalking and attacking young walrus are noted.
The walrus, hunted for its ivory tusks, and the sea otter, rarest and most valuable of Alaskan fur animals, are near extermination; the blue fox is now bred for its pelt on the Aleutians and the southern continental coast; the skins of the black and silver fox are extremely rare, and in general the whole fur industry is discouragingly decadent.