walrus
a large marine mammal, Odobenus nosmarus, of Arctic seas, related to the seals, and having flippers, a pair of large tusks, and a tough, wrinkled skin.
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Human disturbances can trigger deadly stampedes and lead to high walrus mortality.
How AI can help forecast how much Arctic sea ice will shrink | Gloria Dickie | September 14, 2021 | Science NewsDesperate polar bears may increasingly attack walruses, but “there are limitations to how many walruses an adult bear can take down,” says coauthor Kristin Laidre, an Arctic ecologist at the University of Washington in Seattle.
Polar bears sometimes bludgeon walruses to death with stones or ice | Gloria Dickie | July 29, 2021 | Science NewsThis review suggests that tool use in wild polar bears, though infrequent, does occur in the case of hunting walruses because of their large size, the researchers report in the June Arctic.
Polar bears sometimes bludgeon walruses to death with stones or ice | Gloria Dickie | July 29, 2021 | Science NewsThe region was once known to scientists as the “last ice area” for its thick, year-round plates of ice critical for the survival of polar bears, seals and walruses.
Last Month Was the Hottest June in North America in Recent Recorded History | Aryn Baker | July 7, 2021 | TimeHer work has appeared in The walrus, Toronto Life, Hazlitt, This, and The Guardian.
The skin of the walrus is an inch thick, wrinkled, and covered with very short hair of different colours.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume IX (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de BuffonThe walrus is easily distinguished by its long tusks, a character which we find peculiar to that and the elephant.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume IX (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de BuffonWe have only seen two heads on this subject, which resembled that of the walrus more than any other animal.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume IX (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de BuffonLike the kayaks, it was covered with seal-skin; or perhaps it might have been the hide of the walrus.
Left on Labrador | Charles Asbury StephensWe then took the captain with us to see their huts and our walrus-skin tent.
Left on Labrador | Charles Asbury Stephens
British Dictionary definitions for walrus
/ (ˈwɔːlrəs, ˈwɒl-) /
a pinniped mammal, Odobenus rosmarus, of northern seas, having a tough thick skin, upper canine teeth enlarged as tusks, and coarse whiskers and feeding mainly on shellfish: family Odobenidae
Origin of walrus
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