n.
Pronunciation: ' dü- ˌ gä ŋ , - ˌ go ̇ ŋ
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin, genus name, probably from dugung in Cebuano or a related Austronesian language of the central Philippines
Date: 1800
: a sirenian mammal ( Dugong dugon of the family Dugongidae) of a monotypic genus that has a bilobed tail and in the male upper incisors altered into short tusks and that inhabits warm coastal waters chiefly of southern Asia, Australia, and northeastern Africa
dugong