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General-American:
doo͞ʹgŏng
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General-American:
/ˈduɡɑŋ/
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Received-Pronunciation:
dyoo͞ʹgŏng
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Received-Pronunciation:
/ˈdjuːɡɒŋ/
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A plant-eating sirenian of the species Dugong dugon, found in tropical regions and having a fluked tail.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dugongid, dugong, sea cow, sirenian, marine mammal, mammal, vertebrate, animal, organism, creature
Any animal of the family Dugongidae, of which the monotypic genus Dugong is the only extant kind.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dugongid
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sea cow, sirenian, marine mammal, mammal, vertebrate, animal, organism, creature
sirenian tusked mammal found from eastern Africa to Australia; the flat tail is bilobate
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Dugong dugon
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sea cow, sirenian mammal, sirenian
Etymology tree Proto-Austronesian *duyuŋ Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duyuŋ Cebuano dugongbor. English dugong Borrowed from Cebuano dugong.
Across languages
Translations
76 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans :
doegong
— Dugong dugon
Afrikaans :
doejong
— Dugong dugon
Arabic :
أَطُوم
(ʔaṭūm)
— Dugong dugon
Armenian :
դյուգոն
(dyugon)
— Dugong dugon
Bengali :
জলধেনু
(joldhenu)
— Dugong dugon
Bulgarian :
дюгон
(djugon)
— Dugong dugon
Cebuano :
dugong
— Dugong dugon
Chinese Mandarin :
儒艮
(rúgèn)
— Dugong dugon
Chinese Mandarin :
人魚 /人鱼
(rényú)
— Dugong dugon
Danish :
dygong
— Dugong dugon
Dutch :
doejong
— Dugong dugon
Dutch :
Indische zeekoe
— Dugong dugon
Esperanto :
dugongo
— Dugong dugon
Finnish :
dugongi
— Dugong dugon
French :
vache marine
— Dugong dugon
French :
dugong
— Dugong dugon
German :
Gabelschwanzseekuh
— Dugong dugon
German :
Dugong
— Dugong dugon
Greek :
ντιγκόνγκ
(ntigkóngk)
— Dugong dugon
Greek :
ντουγκόνγκ
(ntougkóngk)
— Dugong dugon
Gujarati :
બાઈમાણસ
(bāīmāṇas)
— Dugong dugon
Gujarati :
સૂવરમચ્છી
(sūvarmacchī)
— Dugong dugon
Gujarati :
લૂલી
(lūlī)
— Dugong dugon
Hawaiian :
kūionoko
— Dugong dugon
Hebrew :
תחש
(takhash)
— Dugong dugon
Hiligaynon :
duyong
— Dugong dugon
Hungarian :
dugong
— Dugong dugon
Hungarian :
tengeritehén
— Dugong dugon
Ido :
duyongo
— Dugong dugon
Ilocano :
duyong
— Dugong dugon
Indonesian :
duyung
— Dugong dugon
Indonesian :
babi duyung
— Dugong dugon
Indonesian :
ikan duyung
— Dugong dugon
Indonesian :
dugong
— Dugong dugon
Italian :
dugongo
— Dugong dugon
Japanese :
ジュゴン
(jugon)
— Dugong dugon
Javanese :
ꦢꦸꦪꦸꦁ
(duyung)
— Dugong dugon
Kala Lagaw Ya :
dhangal
— Dugong dugon
Kayardild :
bijarrba
— Dugong dugon
Khmer :
ជ្រូកទឹក
(cruuktɨk)
— Dugong dugon
Korean :
듀공
(dyugong)
— Dugong dugon
Malay :
دويوڠ
— Dugong dugon
Malay :
بابي دويوڠ
— Dugong dugon
Malay :
ايکن دويوڠ
— Dugong dugon
Malay :
دوݢوڠ
— Dugong dugon
Malay :
duyung
— Dugong dugon
Malay :
babi duyung
— Dugong dugon
Malay :
ikan duyung
— Dugong dugon
Malay :
dugong
— Dugong dugon
Malayalam :
കടൽപ്പശു
(kaṭalppaśu)
— Dugong dugon
Malayalam :
കടലാവ്
(kaṭalāvŭ)
— Dugong dugon
Meriam :
deger
— Dugong dugon
Navajo :
táłtłʼááh ayání
— Dugong dugon
Norwegian Bokmål :
dugong
— Dugong dugon
Norwegian Nynorsk :
dugong
— Dugong dugon
Polish :
diugoń
— Dugong dugon
Portuguese :
dugongo
— Dugong dugon
Romanian :
dugong
— Dugong dugon
Russian :
дюго́нь
(djugónʹ)
— Dugong dugon
Serbo-Croatian :
dugong
— Dugong dugon
Serbo-Croatian :
moronj
— Dugong dugon
Spanish :
dugongo
— Dugong dugon
Swahili :
nguva
— Dugong dugon
Tagalog :
dugong
— Dugong dugon
Tamil :
ஆவுளியா
(āvuḷiyā)
— Dugong dugon
Tamil :
கடல் பசு
(kaṭal pacu)
— Dugong dugon
Thai :
พะยูน
(pá-yuun)
— Dugong dugon
Tiwi :
jimayi
— Dugong dugon
Tiwi :
yinjimayi
— Dugong dugon
Tiwi :
marntuwunyini
— Dugong dugon
Tiwi :
martuwunyini
— Dugong dugon
Turkish :
dugong
— Dugong dugon
Uneapa :
lui
— Dugong dugon
Vietnamese :
cá cúi
— Dugong dugon
Welsh :
dwgong
— Dugong dugon
Wolof :
leraw bi
— Dugong dugon