Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Resembling or related to the walrus; of or pertaining to the Trichechidæ.
- noun A walrus.
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Examples
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However, the evidence clearly shows west to east to be more likely; the fossil trichechine phylogenetically closest to Trichechus (Mio-Pliocene Ribodon) is South American, and in fact all fossil trichechines are American; T. manatus and T. senegalensis are more like each other than either is to T. inunguis; the nematode parasites of T. senegalensis seem to more specialised than the nematodes of T. manatus, and so on.
Archive 2006-01-01 Darren Naish 2006
sionnach commented on the word trichechine
resembling a walrus.
February 4, 2008
trivet commented on the word trichechine
Sionnach, I think I love you! But what about walrusine?
February 4, 2008
she commented on the word trichechine
..or a manatee! (It comes from the modern Latin name of a genus that included the manatee and walrus.)
July 9, 2008