dugong

dugong


du·gong    Audio Help   (dōō'gŏng', -gông')   

n.   A herbivorous marine mammal (Dugong dugon), native to tropical coastal waters of the Indian Ocean, Red Sea, and southwest Pacific Ocean and having flipperlike forelimbs and a deeply notched tail fin.

[New Latin Dugong, genus name, possibly from Malay duyong.]
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