mammifero acquatico

Definitions of mammifero acquatico
  1. noun
    whales and dolphins; manatees and dugongs; walruses; seals
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    cetaceo
    large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals
    balena
    any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head
    lamantino
    sirenian mammal of tropical coastal waters of America; the flat tail is rounded
    dugongo
    sirenian tusked mammal found from eastern Africa to Australia; the flat tail is bilobate
    foca
    any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed; chiefly of cold regions
    tricheco
    either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber
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    placentati
    mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
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