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noun
Hydrodamalis gigas, an extinct herbivorous marine mammal related to the dugong.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Synonyms: rhytina
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sea cow, sirenian, marine mammal, mammal, vertebrate, animal, organism, creature
noun
extinct large sirenian mammal formerly found near the Asiatic coast of the Bering Sea
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Hydrodamalis gigas
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sea cow, sirenian mammal, sirenian
History
Named after the naturalist Georg Wilhelm Steller.
Across languages
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