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MANATEE

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• MANATEE (noun)
The noun MANATEE has 1 sense:

1. sirenian mammal of tropical coastal waters of America; the flat tail is rounded

Familiarity information: MANATEE used as a noun is very rare.

• MANATEE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Sirenian mammal of tropical coastal waters of America; the flat tail is rounded

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

manatee; Trichechus manatus

Hypernyms ("manatee" 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 ("manatee" is a member of...):

genus Trichecus; Trichechus (type and sole genus of the Trichechidae)

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Definition of sea cow
Definition of sirenian
Definition of genus Trichecus
Definition of Trichechus
Definition of sirenian mammal

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