Rosmarus

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, Latinized from Old Norse rosmhvalr (“walrus”), from rosm (“red, red-brown”) + hvalr (“whale”). For the first element see Proto-Germanic *rustaz, though likely influenced by hross (“horse”); alternatively, from Finnish mursu. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk rossmål and Danish rosmer/rosmar.

Proper noun

Rosmarus m

  1. (obsolete) A former genus containing the walruses (now in genus Odobenus).

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