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rytina

rytina


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rytina  \Ryt"i*na\,  n.  [NL.,  fr  Gr  "ryti`s  a  wrinkle.] 
  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  genus  of  large  edentulous  sirenians,  allied  to  the  dugong 
  and  manatee,  including  but  one  species  ({R.  Stelleri});  -- 
  called  also  {Steller's  sea  cow}.  [Written  also  {Rhytina}.] 
 
  Note:  It  is  now  extinct,  but  was  formerly  abundant  at 
  Behring's  Island,  near  Behring's  Straits.  It  was 
  twenty-five  feet  or  more  in  length,  with  a  thick, 
  blackish,  naked  skin.  The  last  were  killed  in  1768  for 
  their  oil  and  flesh.