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dugong
[ doo-gong, -gawng ]
noun
- an herbivorous, aquatic mammal, Dugong dugon, of the Red Sea and Indian Ocean, having a barrel-shaped body, flipperlike forelimbs, no hind limbs, and a triangular tail: widespread but rare.
dugong
/ ˈduːɡɒŋ /
noun
- a whalelike sirenian mammal, Dugong dugon, occurring in shallow tropical waters from E Africa to Australia: family Dugongidae
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dugong1
1790–1800; < New Latin < German: first recorded as dugung, apparently misrepresentation of Malay duyung, or a cognate Austronesian word
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dugong1
C19: from Malay duyong
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Example Sentences
Of marine mammals the dugong is peculiar to the Indian Ocean; in the Ganges is found a peculiar species of dolphin.
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Again, the Dugong and Manatee are dermally alike, yet extremely different as regards the structure and number of their teeth.
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The latter country possesses an organised dugong fishery, which bids fair to exterminate this harmless animal.
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When the female Dugong is nursing her offspring the position assumed is almost identical with that of a human mother.
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In neither Manatee nor Dugong is there any trace of an acetabulum but one can be made out in Halitherium.
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