HyperDic: dugong

English > 1 sense of the word dugong:
NOUNanimaldugong, Dugong dugonsirenian tusked mammal found from eastern Africa to Australia
English > dugong: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningsirenian tusked mammal found from eastern Africa to Australia; the flat tail is bilobate.
SynonymDugong dugon
Member ofgenus Dugongtype genus of the Dugongidae comprising only the dugongs
Broadersea cow, sirenian mammal, sirenianAny of two families of large herbivorous aquatic mammals with paddle-shaped tails and flipper-like forelimbs and no hind limbs
Spanishdugong dugon, dugong, dugongo
Catalandugong dugon, Dugong dugon, dugong

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