HyperDic: sirenian

English > 1 sense of the word sirenian:
NOUNanimalsirenian, sea cow, sirenian mammalany of two families of large herbivorous aquatic mammals with paddle-shaped tails and flipper-like forelimbs and no hind limbs
English > sirenian: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningAny of two families of large herbivorous aquatic mammals with paddle-shaped tails and flipper-like forelimbs and no hind limbs.
Synonymssea cow, sirenian mammal
Member ofSirenia, order SireniaAn animal order including
NarrowerSteller's sea cow, Hydrodamalis gigasExtinct large sirenian mammal formerly found near the Asiatic coast of the Bering Sea
dugong, Dugong dugonsirenian tusked mammal found from eastern Africa to Australia
manatee, Trichechus manatussirenian mammal of tropical coastal waters of America
Broaderaquatic mammalwhales and dolphins
Spanishbuey marino, sirenio, vaca marina
Catalansireni

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