dugong

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A plant-eating sirenian of the species Dugong dugon, found in tropical regions and having a fluked tail.
Any animal of the family Dugongidae, of which the monotypic genus Dugong is the only extant kind.

doo͞ʹgŏng /ˈduɡɑŋ/ dyoo͞ʹgŏng /ˈdjuːɡɒŋ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dugong.wav

dugong dugongs

Etymology tree Proto-Austronesian *duyuŋ Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duyuŋ Cebuano dugongbor. English dugong Borrowed from Cebuano dugong.

dugongid

manatee

dugongine

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