Steller's sea cow

Definitions of Steller's sea cow
  1. noun
    extinct large sirenian mammal formerly found near the Asiatic coast of the Bering Sea
    synonyms: Hydrodamalis gigas
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    type of:
    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
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