DUGONG
Dictionary entry overview: What does dugong mean? • DUGONG (noun)
The noun DUGONG has 1 sense:
1. sirenian tusked mammal found from eastern Africa to Australia; the flat tail is bilobate
Familiarity information: DUGONG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DUGONG (noun)
Meaning:
Sirenian tusked mammal found from eastern Africa to Australia; the flat tail is bilobate
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
dugong; Dugong dugon
Hypernyms ("dugong" is a kind of...):
sea cow; sirenian; sirenian mammal (any of two families of large herbivorous aquatic mammals with paddle-shaped tails and flipper-like forelimbs and no hind limbs)
Holonyms ("dugong" is a member of...):
genus Dugong (type genus of the Dugongidae comprising only the dugongs)
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