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There are 2 syllables in the word walrus.

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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

Synonyms for walrus:

atlantic walrus

genus odobenus

odobenus

odobenus divergens

pacific walrus

pinnatiped

pinniped

pinniped mammal

sea horse

seahorse

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