Definition of "walrus" []

• A large marine mammal (Odobenus rosmarus) of Arctic regions, related to the seals and having two long tusks, tough wrinkled skin, and four flippers. Also called sea horse. (noun)

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• "The great man of course frowned and pulled his "walrus" -- the kind that has hanging, hairy selvages on it, such as serve as warnings for "low bridge" on the railroads -- smote his desk firmly, and said it would never do!"
• "They include some of the country's rarest and least protected species, like the American wolverine, whose ranks have dwindled to fewer than 500 in the lower 48 states, and the Pacific walrus, which is rapidly losing the sea ice it needs to survive."
• "A whale of a walrus is the new star attraction at Seaworld in San Diego."