Meaning | Either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber. |
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Synonyms | seahorse, sea horse |
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Member of | Odobenus, genus Odobenus | type genus of the Odobenidae |
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Narrower | Atlantic walrus, Odobenus rosmarus | A walrus of northern Atlantic and Arctic waters |
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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 |
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Spanish | morsa, odobenus rosmarus |
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Catalan | morsa |
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