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单词 manatee
释义 man·a·tee
noun
also man·a·ti \ˈmanəˌtē\
(-s)
Etymology: Spanish manaté, probably of Cariban origin; akin to Galibi manatí, manaté breast, teats
: any of several chiefly tropical aquatic herbivorous mammals that constitute a genus (Trichechus) of the order Sirenia and differ from the dugong especially in having the tail broad and rounded instead of like that of a whale; especially : a formerly common American mammal (T. latirostris syn. T. manatus) of the waters of the West Indies and neighboring mainland coasts from Florida to Yucatan that is about 10 feet long, nearly black, thick-skinned, and almost free from hair and that has become rare through excessive killing for its fat and hide or for its edible flesh
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