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sirenian mammal

DEFINITIONS OF: sirenian mammal

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n any of two families of large herbivorous aquatic mammals with paddle-shaped tails and flipper-like forelimbs and no hind limbs

Synonyms:
sea cow, sirenian
Types:
Trichechus manatus, manatee
sirenian mammal of tropical coastal waters of America; the flat tail is rounded
Dugong dugon, dugong
sirenian tusked mammal found from eastern Africa to Australia; the flat tail is bilobate
Hydrodamalis gigas, Steller's sea cow
extinct large sirenian mammal formerly found near the Asiatic coast of the Bering Sea
Type of:
aquatic mammal
whales and dolphins; manatees and dugongs; walruses; seals
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