Manatee

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various herbivorous aquatic mammals of the genus Trichechus, having paddlelike front flippers and a horizontally flattened tail and found in warm coastal waters of Florida, northern South America, West Africa, and the Caribbean.
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  • n. Any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae, found in tropical regions.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Any species of Trichechus, a genus of sirenians; -- called also sea cow.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A sea-cow; a gregarious herbivorous aquatic sirenian mammal, of the genus Manatus, family Manatidœ, and order Sirenia.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. sirenian mammal of tropical coastal waters of America; the flat tail is rounded
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    sirenian mammal    sirenian    sea cow   
    Cross Reference
    siren    dugong    sea cow    mermaid   
    Variant
    sea cow    manaty    manati   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    lamantin    sea cow   
    Same Context
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