Words - Sirenians

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cowfish	an aquatic mammal, aka manatee.
dugong	(Malay) a manatee or sea-cow.
halicore	(Greek) the dugong, a manatee or sea-cow.
lamantin	(Fr.) the manatee.
manatee	(Carib) a large aquatic herbivorous mammal.
manati	(Carib) a large aquatic herbivorous mammal.
manatoid	of or like a manatee.
rhytina	(Greek) an aquatic mammal of the now extinct Rhytinia genus of Sirenia (aka Steller's sea-cow).
sirenian	belonging to an order of aquatic mammals including the manatee and dugong; (noun) a member of this order.

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