Dugong

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A herbivorous marine mammal (Dugong dugon), native to tropical coastal waters of the Indian Ocean, Red Sea, and southwest Pacific Ocean and having flipperlike forelimbs and a deeply notched tail fin.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A plant-eating aquatic marine mammal, of the genus Dugong, found in tropical regions. Dugong dugon.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An aquatic herbivorous mammal (Halicore dugong), of the order Sirenia, allied to the manatee, but with a bilobed tail. It inhabits the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, East Indies, and Australia.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A large aquatic herbivorous mammal of the order Sirenia, Halicore dugong, of the Indian seas.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. sirenian tusked mammal found from eastern Africa to Australia; the flat tail is bilobate
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