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sirenian

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /saɪˈɹiːniən/
  • /sʌɪˈɹiːnɪən/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A marine mammal of the order Sirenia, including the manatee and dugong, characterized by large forelimbs with no hind limbs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sea cow

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: marine mammal, mammal, vertebrate, animal, organism, creature

2

noun

Meaning 2

any of two families of large herbivorous aquatic mammals with paddle-shaped tails and flipper-like forelimbs and no hind limbs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sea cow, sirenian mammal

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: aquatic mammal

Narrower terms: manatee, Trichechus manatus, dugong, Dugong dugon, Steller's sea cow, Hydrodamalis gigas

History

Etymology

From the scientific name, translingual Sirenia.

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: ламантин (lamantin) — marine mammal of the order Sirenia
  • Cherokee: ᎠᎺᏉ ᏩᎧ (amequo waka) — marine mammal of the order Sirenia
  • Czech: ochechule — marine mammal of the order Sirenia
  • Finnish: sireenieläin — marine mammal of the order Sirenia
  • Finnish: merilehmä — marine mammal of the order Sirenia
  • German: Seekuh — marine mammal of the order Sirenia
  • Hebrew: פָּרַת יָם (parát yam) — marine mammal of the order Sirenia
  • Hebrew: תַּחַשׁ (táḥash) — marine mammal of the order Sirenia
  • Hungarian: tengeritehén — marine mammal of the order Sirenia
  • Maltese: baqra tal-baħar — marine mammal of the order Sirenia
  • Polish: krowa morska — marine mammal of the order Sirenia
  • Polish: syrena — marine mammal of the order Sirenia
  • Romanian: sirenian — marine mammal of the order Sirenia
  • Romanian: lamantin — marine mammal of the order Sirenia
  • Russian: морска́я коро́ва (morskája koróva) — marine mammal of the order Sirenia
  • Serbo-Croatian: morska krava — marine mammal of the order Sirenia
  • Spanish: vaca marina — marine mammal of the order Sirenia
  • Swedish: sirendjur — marine mammal of the order Sirenia
  • Swedish: sjöko — marine mammal of the order Sirenia
  • Tagalog: duyong — marine mammal of the order Sirenia
  • Turkish: denizineği — marine mammal of the order Sirenia
  • Welsh: morfuwch — marine mammal of the order Sirenia