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aquatic mammal

DEFINITIONS OF: aquatic mammal

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n whales and dolphins; manatees and dugongs; walruses; seals

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blower, cetacean, cetacean mammal
large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals
sea cow, sirenian, sirenian mammal
any of two families of large herbivorous aquatic mammals with paddle-shaped tails and flipper-like forelimbs and no hind limbs
pinnatiped, pinniped, pinniped mammal
aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers
whale
any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head
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
seal
any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed; chiefly of cold regions
sea horse, seahorse, walrus
either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber
Type of:
eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal
mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
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