sea cow

sea cow
noun
any of two families of large herbivorous aquatic mammals with paddle-shaped tails and flipper-like forelimbs and no hind limbs
• Syn: ↑sirenian mammal, ↑sirenian
• Hypernyms: ↑aquatic mammal
• Member Holonyms: ↑Sirenia, ↑order Sirenia

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noun
2. : walrus 1

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1. any sirenian, as the manatee or dugong.
2. Obs. the hippopotamus.
[1605-15]

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sea cow noun
1. The walrus (archaic)
2. Any sirenian, such as the dugong or manatee
3. Formerly, the hippopotamus (S Afr; Du zeekoe)
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Main Entry: ↑sea

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sea cow,
1. any one of several large, fishlike, plant-eating mammals living in the sea. The manatee and dugong are two kinds of sea cow.
2. = walrus. (Cf. ↑walrus)
3. Obsolete. a hippopotamus.

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n. a sirenian, esp. a manatee

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ˈsea cow 7 [sea cow] noun
a type of sea ↑mammal like a large ↑seal with a rounded tail, that lives in tropical areas

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