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Topic: ANIMALS

Date: 1700-1800
Language: Dutch
Origin: , perhaps from Old Norse hrosshvalr 'horse-whale'

walrus

 noun
     
wal‧rus [countable]
HBA a large sea animal with two long tusks (=things like teeth) coming down from the sides of its mouth [↪ seal]
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