walrus
nounHow many syllables in walrus?
There are 2 syllables in the word walrus.Divide walrus into syllables:
wal · rus
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Definition of walrus:
- walrus (noun):
- either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber.
- a large gregarious marine mammal (odobenus rosmarus of the family odobenidae) of arctic waters related to the seals that has limbs modified into webbed flippers, long ivory tusks, a tough wrinkled hide, stiff whiskers, and a thick layer of blubber
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