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FAMILY DUGONGIDAE

Dictionary entry overview: What does family Dugongidae mean?

• FAMILY DUGONGIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY DUGONGIDAE has 1 sense:

1. a family of mammals of order Sirenia including dugongs and Steller's sea cow

Familiarity information: FAMILY DUGONGIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• FAMILY DUGONGIDAE (noun)

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Meaning:

A family of mammals of order Sirenia including dugongs and Steller's sea cow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Dugongidae; family Dugongidae

Hypernyms ("family Dugongidae" is a kind of...):

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "family Dugongidae"):

genus Dugong (type genus of the Dugongidae comprising only the dugongs)

genus Hydrodamalis; Hydrodamalis (a genus of the family Dugongidae comprising only Steller's sea cow)

Holonyms ("family Dugongidae" is a member of...):

order Sirenia; Sirenia (an animal order including: manatees; dugongs; Steller's sea cow)

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