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sea cow
sea cown. Any of several large herbivorous marine mammals of the order Sirenia, having a paddlelike tail, forelimbs shaped like flippers, and no hind limbs, and including the manatee, the dugong, and Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis stelleri) of the northern Pacific, which became extinct in the late 1700s. Also called sirenian.sea cow n 1. (Animals) any sirenian mammal, such as a dugong or manatee 2. (Animals) an archaic name for walrus sea′ cow`
n. the manatee or dugong. [1605–15] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  sea cow - any of two families of large herbivorous aquatic mammals with paddle-shaped tails and flipper-like forelimbs and no hind limbssirenian, sirenian mammalaquatic mammal - whales and dolphins; manatees and dugongs; walruses; sealsorder Sirenia, Sirenia - an animal order including: manatees; dugongs; Steller's sea cowmanatee, Trichechus manatus - sirenian mammal of tropical coastal waters of America; the flat tail is roundeddugong, Dugong dugon - sirenian tusked mammal found from eastern Africa to Australia; the flat tail is bilobateHydrodamalis gigas, Steller's sea cow - extinct large sirenian mammal formerly found near the Asiatic coast of the Bering Sea |
Translationssea cow
sea cow: see sireniansirenian
or sea cow,
name for a large aquatic mammal of the order Sirenia. Living sirenians are the dugong and the manatee, both found in warm, shallow waters in sheltered regions, where they feed on seaweeds and seagrasses.
..... Click the link for more information. .sea cow1. any sirenian mammal, such as a dugong or manatee 2. an archaic name for walrussea cow
sea cow a marine placental mammal of the order Sirenia; a dugong or manatee.sea cow
Related to sea cow: Sirenia, MammalsSynonyms for sea cownoun any of two families of large herbivorous aquatic mammals with paddle-shaped tails and flipper-like forelimbs and no hind limbsSynonymsRelated Words- aquatic mammal
- order Sirenia
- Sirenia
- manatee
- Trichechus manatus
- dugong
- Dugong dugon
- Hydrodamalis gigas
- Steller's sea cow
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