| NOUN | animal | sea horse, walrus, seahorse | either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber |
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| animal | sea horse, seahorse | small fish with horse-like heads bent sharply downward and curled tails |
| Meaning | Either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber. | |
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| Synonyms | walrus, seahorse | |
| Member of | Odobenus, genus Odobenus | type genus of the Odobenidae |
| Narrower | Atlantic walrus, Odobenus rosmarus | A walrus of northern Atlantic and Arctic waters |
| Pacific walrus, Odobenus divergens | A walrus of the Bering Sea and northern Pacific | |
| Broader | pinniped mammal, pinniped, pinnatiped | aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers |
| Spanish | morsa, odobenus rosmarus | |
| Catalan | morsa | |
| Meaning | small fish with horse-like heads bent sharply downward and curled tails; swim in upright position. | |
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| Synonym | seahorse | |
| Member of | Hippocampus, genus Hippocampus | seahorses |
| Broader | pipefish, needlefish | fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates |
| Spanish | caballito de mar, hipocampo | |
| Catalan | cavall marí, hipocamp | |
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