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[syn: dugong, Dugong dugon]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dugong \Du*gong"\ (d[.u]*g[o^]g"), n. [Malayan d[=u]y[=o]ng, or
Javan. duyung.] (Zool.)
An aquatic herbivorous mammal (Halicore dugong), of the
order Sirenia, allied to the manatee, but with a bilobed
tail. It inhabits the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, East Indies, and
Australia. [Written also duyong.]
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
dugong
n 1: sirenian tusked mammal found from eastern Africa to
Australia; the flat tail is bilobate [syn: dugong,
Dugong dugon]