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English noun: sirenian

1. sirenian (animal) any of two families of large herbivorous aquatic mammals with paddle-shaped tails and flipper-like forelimbs and no hind limbs


Synonymssea cow, sirenian mammal


Broader (hypernym)aquatic mammal


Narrower (hyponym)dugong, Dugong dugon, Hydrodamalis gigas, manatee, Steller's sea cow, Trichechus manatus


Member meronymorder Sirenia, Sirenia









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