Odobenus

== Translingual == === 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. === Proper noun === Odobenus m A taxonomic genus within the family Odobenidae – walruses. ==== Hypernyms ==== (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – supercohort; Eutheria – infraclass; Carnivora – order; Caniformia – suborder; Odobenidae – family ==== Hyponyms ==== (family): Odobenus rosmarus – sole extant species; †Odobenus mandanoensis – other species === References === Odobenus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Odobenus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Odobenus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Odobenus at AnimalBase Odobenus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Odobenus in Mammal Species of the World[1] at Bucknell. Odobenus at World Register of Marine Species