- sea cow [Sirenia]
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sea cow [Sirenia]
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sea cow — n. any of an order (Sirenia) of large, vegetarian sea mammals with a cigar shaped body, a blunt snout, large, mobile lips, flipperlike forelimbs, and a tail fluke, consisting of the dugong and manatee … English World dictionary
sea cow — noun any of two families of large herbivorous aquatic mammals with paddle shaped tails and flipper like forelimbs and no hind limbs • Syn: ↑sirenian mammal, ↑sirenian • Hypernyms: ↑aquatic mammal • Hyponyms: ↑manatee, ↑Trichechus manatus, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
sea cow — 1. any sirenian, as the manatee or dugong. 2. Obs. the hippopotamus. [1605 15] * * * or Steller s sea cow Extinct aquatic mammal (Hydrodamalis gigas) that lived around islands in the Bering Sea. It was discovered in 1741 and described by a member … Universalium
sea cow — noun Any of several marine mammals of the order Sirenia, including the manatee and dugong … Wiktionary
Steller's Sea Cow — Taxobox name = Steller s Sea Cow status = EX status system = iucn3.1 extinct = 1768 image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Sirenia familia = Dugongidae subfamilia = Hydrodamalinae subfamilia authority =… … Wikipedia
Sirenia — Taxobox name = Sirenia fossil range = Early Eocene Recent image width = 200px image caption = West Indian Manatees ( Trichechus manatus ) regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia infraclassis = Eutheria superordo = Afrotheria ordo … Wikipedia
Sirenia — noun an animal order including: manatees; dugongs; Steller s sea cow • Syn: ↑order Sirenia • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Eutheria, ↑subclass Eutheria • Member Me … Useful english dictionary
order Sirenia — noun an animal order including: manatees; dugongs; Steller s sea cow • Syn: ↑Sirenia • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Eutheria, ↑subclass Eutheria • Member Meronyms … Useful english dictionary
List of placental mammals in Orders Tubulidentata, Hyracoidea, Proboscidea, and Sirenia — The class Mammalia (the mammals) is divided into two subclasses based on reproductive techniques: egg laying mammals (the monotremes); and mammals which give live birth. The latter subclass is divided into two infraclasses: pouched mammals (the… … Wikipedia
List of mammals of Russia — The Brown Bear, Ursus arctos is the national animal of Russia This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Russia. There are 266 mammal species in Russia, of which 5 are critically endangered, 13 are endangered, 26 are vulnerable, and 6 are… … Wikipedia
Evolution of sirenians — Sirenia is the order of placental mammals which comprise modern sea cows (manatees and the Dugong) and their extinct relatives. They are the only extant herbivorous marine mammals and the only group of herbivorous mammals to have become… … Wikipedia
