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Traditional English :: walrus
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walrus.html - n. a large amphibious long-tusked arctic mammal, Odobenus rosmarus, related to the seal and sea lion. walrus moustache a long thick drooping moustache. [prob. f. Du. walrus, -ros, perh. by metath. after walvisch 'whale-fish' f. word repr. by OE horschwól 'horse-whale'] |
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Traditional English :: walrus
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walrus.html - n. a large amphibious long-tusked arctic mammal, Odobenus rosmarus, related to the seal and sea lion. walrus moustache a long thick drooping moustache. [prob. f. Du. walrus, -ros, perh. by metath. after walvisch 'whale-fish' f. word repr. by OE horschwól 'horse-whale'] |
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Traditional English :: walrus
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walrus.html - n. a large amphibious long-tusked arctic mammal, Odobenus rosmarus, related to the seal and sea lion. walrus moustache a long thick drooping moustache. [prob. f. Du. walrus, -ros, perh. by metath. after walvisch 'whale-fish' f. word repr. by OE horschwól 'horse-whale'] |
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English Idioms :: walk
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walrus.html - See: WIN IN A WALK. |
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English Idioms :: walk a tightrope
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walrus.html - {v. phr.} To be in a dangerous or awkward situation where one cannot afford to make a single mistake. * /"When we landed on the moon in 1969," Armstrong explained, "we were walking a tightrope till the very end."/ |
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English Idioms :: walk all over
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walrus.html - See: WALK OVER. |
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