Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dugong"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dugong \Du*gong"\, n. [Malayan d?y?ng, or Javan. duyung.]
(Zo["o]l.)
An aquatic herbivorous mammal ({Halicore dugong}), of the
order Sirenia, allied to the manatee, but with a bilobed
tail. It inhabits the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, East Indies, and
Australia. [Written also {duyong}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dugong
n : sirenian tusked mammal found from eastern Africa to
Australia; the flat tail is bilobate [syn: {Dugong dugon}]
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