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dugong

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: doo͞ʹgŏng
  • General-American: /ˈduɡɑŋ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: dyoo͞ʹgŏng
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdjuːɡɒŋ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A plant-eating sirenian of the species Dugong dugon, found in tropical regions and having a fluked tail.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dugongid, dugong, sea cow, sirenian, marine mammal, mammal, vertebrate, animal, organism, creature

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any animal of the family Dugongidae, of which the monotypic genus Dugong is the only extant kind.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dugongid

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sea cow, sirenian, marine mammal, mammal, vertebrate, animal, organism, creature

3

noun

Meaning 3

sirenian tusked mammal found from eastern Africa to Australia; the flat tail is bilobate

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Dugong dugon

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sea cow, sirenian mammal, sirenian

History

Etymology

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
Real reading context

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