What is the plural of 'walrus'?

plural walrus or walruses. : a large gregarious marine mammal (Odobenus rosmarus of the family Odobenidae) of arctic waters related to the seals that has limbs modified into webbed flippers, long ivory tusks, a tough wrinkled hide, stiff whiskers, and a thick layer of blubber. read more

Walrus typically inhabit moving pack ice and usually feed on organisms (such as clams and mussels) living on or near the ocean's bottom. Walrus of the northern Atlantic are considered a separate subspecies (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) from the somewhat larger northern Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens). read more

Marine mammals include narwhals, beluga whales, walrus, and ringed and bearded seals. Aquatic mammals that live in the waters off the coast include walrus, ringed seals, bearded seals, beluga, narwhal, and various other whales. Occasionally they even pluck a walrus, beluga whale, or narwhal from the watery depths below the pack ice. read more

Walrus is a Germanic word and cannot have the Latin plural so"walruses" is the only option (although you could use"walrus" for both singular and plural)."Cactus" is Latin and can have the plural"cacti" but"octopus" is Greek so the plural should be"octopodes". read more

The plural of walrus is walruses. Edit: I just want add an additional note to clarify that even in cases where an English word does come from a Latin second declension noun, its plural might not necessarily end in -i. For example, the plural of campus is campuses not campi, and the plural of bonus is bonuses not boni. read more