英语词汇walrus的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	walrus
词源	walrus. Walrus comes to us from the Dutch walrus, for the animal, which may have been suggested by the Dutch wolvisch, “whale.” The word is first recorded in about 893. The walrus was often called the sea horse and morse in ancient times. The Eskimos, closer to nature, have at least six words for walrus, ranging from nutara, “baby walrus,” to timartik, “large male walrus,” and naktivilik, “mature walrus.” See snow; tooth walker.
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