different between manatees vs walrus

English

Noun

manatees

1. plural of manatee

Anagrams

• emanates

English

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Dutch walrus, a compound of wal (“whale”) and ros (“horse”). Displaced native Old English horshwæl (literally “horse whale”). Compare similar constructions in Danish hvalros, Old Norse hrosshvalr, and German Walross.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?w??l.??s/, /?w?l.??s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?w?l.??s/, /?w?l.??s/

Noun

walrus (plural walruses or walrus or walrusses or (both nonstandard, proscribed, uncommon) walri or walrii)

1. A large Arctic marine mammal related to seals and having long tusks, tough, wrinkled skin, and four flippers, Odobenus rosmarus.
   • 1887 — James W. Buel, Sea and Land, page 251.

     Of all the Phocine family none present so terrible and grotesque an appearance as the gigantic Walrus, also known as the morse and sea-horse.

Quotations

• For more quotations using this term, see Citations:walrus.

Synonyms

• morse (obsolete)
• sea horse (rare)

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• seal
• sea lion, sealion

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch walrus, probably from Danish hvalros or Swedish valross, from an inversion of Old Norse hrosshvalr (“horse-whale”).

Noun

walrus (plural walrusse)

1. walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)

Cebuano

Etymology

From English walrus, from Danish hvalros, an inversion of Old Norse hrosshvalr (literally “horse-whale”). The term may have entered English via Dutch walrus.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: wal?rus

Noun

walrus

1. a walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)

Dutch

Etymology

The origin of this word is not wholly certain, with several theories proposed. Probably borrowed from Danish hvalros or Swedish valross, from an inversion of Old Norse hrosshvalr (“horse-whale”). Equivalent to wal (“whale; large sea-animal”) +? ros (“horse”). The Old Norse word may, however, been a folk-etymological modification of Old Norse rossmal, related to Proto-Germanic *rusta-, from the rust colour of the animal. Preference for borrowing the inverted form could have been due to the influence of the already existing Dutch compound walvis (“whale”, literally “whale-fish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???lr?s/
• Hyphenation: wal?rus

Noun

walrus m (plural walrussen, diminutive walrusje n)

1. walrus, any member of the family Odobenidae of which Odobenus rosmarus is the sole extant member

Derived terms

• walrussnor
• walrustand

Descendants

• Afrikaans: walrus

References