DUGONG


Meaning of DUGONG in English

/ ˈduːgɒŋ; ˈdjuː-; NAmE ˈduːgɔːŋ; -gɑːŋ/ noun

a large sea animal with thick greyish skin, which lives mainly in the Indian Ocean and eats plants

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WORD ORIGIN

early 19th cent.: based on Malay duyong .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.