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 | ||
Synonyms | sea cow, sirenian mammal | ||
Broader (hypernym) | aquatic mammal | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | dugong, Dugong dugon, Hydrodamalis gigas, manatee, Steller's sea cow, Trichechus manatus | ||
Member meronym | order Sirenia, Sirenia | ||