odobenine

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Odobenus +‎ -ine

Adjective[edit]

odobenine (not comparable)

  1. Of, or pertaining to, a walrus.
    • 1978, Whalewatcher: Journal of the American Cetacean Society:
      This region is also rich in numbers and diversity of pinnipeds, including the odobenine walrus and four species of otariine or eared seals (the northern and southern fur seals, the California and Steller sea lions).

Noun[edit]

odobenine (plural odobenines)

  1. Any walrus (genus Odobenus).
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