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# walrus

noun (a walrus, walruses)

«walrus» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A walrus is a very large sea mammal of the Arctic with long white tusks, whiskers, flippers and a thick layer of fat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/walrus/#m1)
2. (informal) A walrus moustache is a big, thick, drooping moustache like the walrus's whiskers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/walrus/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons about the Arctic and adaptations, the walrus keeps warm with blubber, uses its tusks to pull itself out of the water onto ice and to fight, and finds clams on the sea floor with its sensitive whiskers. Walruses are threatened as sea ice melts with climate change. In poems such as «The Walrus and the Carpenter» it is a funny character. Phrases: a herd of walruses, walrus tusks, walrus moustache.

### Examples

- The walrus pulled itself onto the ice with its tusks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/walrus/#x1)
- Walruses live in the cold Arctic seas. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/walrus/#x2)
- A walrus uses its whiskers to find clams on the sea floor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/walrus/#x3)
- A thick layer of blubber keeps the walrus warm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/walrus/#x4)
- Hundreds of walruses lay together on the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/walrus/#x5)
- Melting sea ice is making life harder for walruses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/walrus/#x6)
- Grandad has a big walrus moustache. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/walrus/#x7)
- We read «The Walrus and the Carpenter» by Lewis Carroll. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/walrus/#x8)
- Farther on were the walruses with pig's heads, and teeth a yard long, rolling about like great worms. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/walrus/#x9)

### Note

Countable: one walrus, two walruses (add -es). Pronounced «WAWL-rus». Both male and female walruses have tusks, which are long teeth. A group is a herd. Do not confuse with seals and sea lions, which are relatives without big tusks.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «walrus» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/walrus/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«walrus» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/walrus.html) on Mova free.