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sirenia |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sirenia \Si*re"ni*a\, n. pl [NL.] (Zo["o]l.) An order of large aquatic herbivorous mammals, including the manatee, dugong, rytina, and several fossil genera. Note: The hind limbs are either rudimentary or wanting, and the front ones are changed to paddles. They have horny plates on the front part of the jaws, and usually flat-crowned molar teeth. The stomach is complex and the intestine long, as in other herbivorous mammals. See {Cetacea} b . From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Sirenia n : manatees; dugongs; Stellar's sea cow [syn: {Sirenia}, {order Sirenia}]
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