Meaning | An animal order including: manatees; dugongs; Steller's sea cow. |
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Synonym | order Sirenia |
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Member of | Eutheria, subclass Eutheria | All mammals except monotremes and marsupials |
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Members | Dugongidae, family Dugongidae | A family of mammals of order Sirenia including dugongs and Steller's sea cow |
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Trichechidae, family Trichechidae | Comprising only the manatees |
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 |
Broader | animal order | The order of animals |
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Spanish | sirénidos, sirenios |
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Catalan | Sirenia, sirenis |
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