Sea elephant - Walrus

Japanese: 海象 - セイウチ

〘Noun〙 (sivuč, a mistranslation of "walrus") A mammal of the walrus family. It is about three metres long and can weigh up to 1,000 kilograms. It has almost no hair on its body, and thick skin. Its limbs are fin-like with claws at the ends. Its head is round, with stiff whiskers on its snout , and the canines in its upper jaw grow into long tusks that can reach 30 centimetres in length in females and 70 centimetres in males. It lives on the coasts of the Arctic Ocean and on the ice, digging the seabed with its tusks and preying on shellfish, shrimp, crabs, etc. Its movements are slow, but it uses its tusks to fight off predators. Like seals, it has no ears, and can bend its hind legs forward like sea lions. It uses its tusks as a substitute for ivory. Sea horse . Kaizo. ※Natural History Teaching Method (1876-77)〈Abe Tamenori〉 2 "The sea horse (walrus) lives in the far north of Sakhalin. Its tusks are long and resemble ivory."

Kai-sho ‥Shau [Sea elephant]

A natural phenomenon related to the sea. ※Article 3 of the Land Expropriation Law (1951) states, "Observation of meteorological, marine, and terrestrial phenomena, floods, and other similar phenomena."

Kai-zou ...Zau [Sea elephant]

〘 noun 〙 = sea elephant (sea elephant) [English-Japanese and Japanese-English Geography Vocabulary (1914)]

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (sivuč 「とど」の意の誤伝) セイウチ科の哺乳類。体長約三メートル、体重は一〇〇〇キログラムにも達する。体にはほとんど毛はなく、皮膚が厚い。四肢(しし)はひれ状で、先に爪をもつ。頭は丸く吻(ふん)に堅いひげをもち、上あごの犬歯は伸びて長大な牙となり雌で三〇センチメートル、雄では七〇センチメートルにもなる。北極海の沿岸や氷上にすみ、牙で海底を掘り、貝・エビ・カニなどを捕食。動作はのろいが、牙で外敵と戦ったりする。アザラシ類と同様、耳介はなく、アシカ類のように後ろあしを前に曲げることができる。牙は象牙の代用品として利用。海馬(かいば)。かいぞう。※博物図教授法（1876‐77）〈安倍為任〉二「海馬(セイウチ)は樺太州の極北に棲む。其牙は長大にして象牙に似たり」