NOUN | animal | dugong, Dugong dugon | sirenian tusked mammal found from eastern Africa to Australia |
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Meaning | sirenian tusked mammal found from eastern Africa to Australia; the flat tail is bilobate. | |
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Synonym | Dugong dugon | |
Member of | genus Dugong | type genus of the Dugongidae comprising only the dugongs |
Broader | sea cow, sirenian mammal, sirenian | Any of two families of large herbivorous aquatic mammals with paddle-shaped tails and flipper-like forelimbs and no hind limbs |
Spanish | dugong dugon, dugong, dugongo | |
Catalan | dugong dugon, Dugong dugon, dugong |
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