DUGONG


Meaning of DUGONG in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈdü-ˌgäŋ, -ˌgȯŋ ]

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

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