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dugong
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun dugong has 1 sense
- dugong(n = noun.animal) dugong dugon - sirenian tusked mammal found from eastern Africa to Australia; the flat tail is bilobate; Array is a kind of sea cow, sirenian, sirenian mammal
is a member of genus dugong
OXFORD DICTIONARY
dugong, n. (pl. same or dugongs) a marine mammal, Dugong dugon, of Asian seas and coasts. Also called sea cow.
Etymology
ult. f. Malay duyong
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