/dooh"gong, -gawng/ , n.
an herbivorous, aquatic mammal, Dugong dugon, of the Red Sea and Indian Ocean, having a barrel-shaped body, flipperlike forelimbs, no hind limbs, and a triangular tail: widespread but rare.
[ 1790-1800; dugung, appar. misrepresentation of Malay duyung, or a cognate Austronesian word ]