- order Sirenia
- nounan animal order including: manatees; dugongs; Steller's sea cow• Syn: ↑Sirenia• Hypernyms: ↑animal order• Member Holonyms: ↑Eutheria, ↑subclass Eutheria• Member Meronyms:
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Sirenia — Taxobox name = Sirenia fossil range = Early Eocene Recent image width = 200px image caption = West Indian Manatees ( Trichechus manatus ) regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia infraclassis = Eutheria superordo = Afrotheria ordo … Wikipedia
Sirenia — Sirenios … Wikipedia Español
Sirenia — noun an animal order including: manatees; dugongs; Steller s sea cow • Syn: ↑order Sirenia • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Eutheria, ↑subclass Eutheria • Member Me … Useful english dictionary
Sirenia — Si*re ni*a, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[ o]l.) An order of large aquatic herbivorous mammals, including the manatee, dugong, rytina, and several fossil genera. [1913 Webster] Note: The hind limbs are either rudimentary or wanting, and the front ones are… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sirenia (band) — Infobox musical artist Name = Sirenia Img capt = Img size = Landscape = Background = group or band Alias = Origin = Stavanger, Norway Genre = Gothic metal Death metal Symphonic metal Extreme metal Progressive metal Years active = 2001 – present… … Wikipedia
animal order — noun the order of animals • Hypernyms: ↑order • Hyponyms: ↑Eubacteriales, ↑order Eubacteriales, ↑Pseudomonadales, ↑order Pseudomonadales, ↑Rickettsiales, ↑order … Useful english dictionary
List of placental mammals in Orders Tubulidentata, Hyracoidea, Proboscidea, and Sirenia — The class Mammalia (the mammals) is divided into two subclasses based on reproductive techniques: egg laying mammals (the monotremes); and mammals which give live birth. The latter subclass is divided into two infraclasses: pouched mammals (the… … Wikipedia
The Denticete including the dolphins and sperm whale which have teeth Another suborder Zeuglodontia is extinct The Sirenia were formerly included in the Cetacea but are now made a separate order — Cetacea Ce*ta ce*a, n. pl. [NL., from L. cetus whale, Gr. ?.] (Zo[ o]l.) An order of marine mammals, including the whales. Like ordinary mammals they breathe by means of lungs, and bring forth living young which they suckle for some time. The… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sirenian — adj. & n. adj. of the order Sirenia of large aquatic plant eating mammals, e.g. the manatee and dugong. n. any mammal of this order. Etymology: mod.L Sirenia (as SIREN) * * * noun any of two families of large herbivorous aquatic mammals with… … Useful english dictionary
Dugong — Dugong[1] Temporal range: Early Eocene–Recent … Wikipedia
