"Odobenus" meaning in Translingual

See Odobenus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: As if from New Latin *odobēnus, *odobaenus, from Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús, “tusk, tooth”) + βαίνω (baínō, “to walk, go on foot”) + Latin -us (forming a noun), with unusual (likely erroneous) contraction of the first root (ὀδοντ- (odont-)), which normally yields odonto-. Literally, “tooth-walker”, referring to walruses' method of pulling themselves up onto floating ice using their tusks. Etymology templates: {{der|mul|la-new||*odobēnus}} New Latin *odobēnus, {{der|mul|grc|ὀδούς||tusk, tooth}} Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús, “tusk, tooth”), {{suf|mul||-us|lang2=la|pos2=forming a noun}} + Latin -us (forming a noun), {{m-g|tooth-walker}} “tooth-walker”, {{lit|tooth-walker}} Literally, “tooth-walker” Head templates: {{head|mul|proper noun|||g=m|g2=|head=Odobenus|nogendercat=1}} Odobenus m
  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Odobenidae – the walrus. Tags: masculine Hyponyms (family): Odobenus rosmarus (english: sole extant species)
    Sense id: en-Odobenus-mul-name-lAkgwmH9 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Translingual entries with incorrect language header, Taxonomic names (genus) Hypernyms (family): Eukaryota (english: superkingdom), Animalia (english: kingdom), Bilateria (english: subkingdom), Deuterostomia (english: infrakingdom), Chordata (english: phylum), Vertebrata (english: subphylum), Gnathostomata (english: infraphylum), Tetrapoda (english: superclass), Mammalia (english: family) [class], Theria – supercohort (english: family), Eutheria (english: infraclass), Carnivora (english: order), Caniformia (english: suborder), Odobenidae (english: family)
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