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单词 dugong
释义 du·gong
\ˈdüˌgäŋ, -gȯŋ also ˈdyü-\ noun
Etymology: New Latin modification of Malay & Tagalog duyong
1. capitalized : a monotypic genus (the type of a family Dugongidae) of aquatic herbivorous mammals that with the manatees constitute the order Sirenia, that are distinguished from the manatees by a bilobate tail resembling that of a whale, fewer molar teeth and less deeply cleft upper lip, and upper incisors which are altered into tusks in the male, and that commonly attain a length of 8 feet or more
2. plural dugongs also dugong : any mammal of the sole species (Dugong dugon) of the genus Dugong — called also sea cow
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