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6 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber
originProbably 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.
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