| Definition of 'Sirenia' |
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1. (noun) Sirenia, order Sirenia
an animal order including: manatees; dugongs; Steller's sea cow
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1. Sirenia
an order of large aquatic herbivorous mammals, including the manatee, dugong, rytina, and several fossil genera
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. Sirenia
An order of heavy-bodied, slow-moving, completely aquatic, herbivorous mammals. The body is fusiform, plump, and hairless, except for bristles on the snout. Hindlimbs are absent, the forelimbs are modified to flippers, and the tail is a horizontal fluke. (From Scott, Concise Encyclopedia Biology, 1996)
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