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dugong |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dugong \Du*gong"\, n. [Malayan d?y?ng, or Javan. duyung.] (Zo["o]l.) An aquatic herbivorous mammal ({Halicore dugong}), of the order Sirenia, allied to the manatee, but with a bilobed tail. It inhabits the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, East Indies, and Australia. [Written also {duyong}.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dugong n : sirenian tusked mammal found from eastern Africa to Australia; the flat tail is bilobate [syn: {Dugong dugon}]
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