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Meaning of SIRENIAN

Pronunciation:  sI'reeneeun

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  any of two families of large herbivorous aquatic mammals with paddle-shaped tails and flipper-like forelimbs and no hind limbs
 

SIRENIAN is a 8 letter word that starts with S.

 

 Synonyms: sea cow, sirenian mammal
 
 See Also: aquatic mammal, dugong, Dugong dugon, Hydrodamalis gigas, manatee, order Sirenia, Sirenia, Steller's sea cow, Trichechus manatus

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Si*re"ni*an\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any species of Sirenia.

 

 

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