Dugong Definition

do͝ogŏng, -gông
noun
Any of a genus (Dugong) of large tropical sirenian mammals that live along the shores of the Indian Ocean and feed mostly on seaweed.
Webster's New World
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pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the family Dugongidae — the dugong.

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Other Word Forms of Dugong

Noun

Singular:
dugong
Plural:
dugongs

Origin of Dugong

  • New Latin Dugong genus name possibly from Malay duyong

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Tagalog dugong, from Malay duyung.

    From Wiktionary

Dugong Sentence Examples

  • Turtle and dugong are caught.

  • The sea produces three different seals, which often ascend rivers from the coast, and can live in lagoons of fresh water; many cetaceans, besides the " right whale " and sperm whale; and the dugong, found on the northern shores, which yields a valuable medicinal oil.

  • Of the marine orders of Sirenia and Cetacea the Dugong, Halicore, is exclusively found in the Indian Ocean; and a dolphin, Platanista, peculiar to the Ganges, ascends that river to a great distance from the sea.

  • The dugong (Halicore) is distributed in different colonies, at present isolated, throughout the Indian Ocean from Arabia to North Australia; while the Rhytina or northern sea-cow was, for some time before its extinction, limited to a single island in the extreme north of the Pacific Ocean.

  • The edentates are represented by the pangolin (Manis sp.?) of the Palawan group. In the seas are found the dolphin, cachalot and dugong.

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Words Starting With

DDUDUG

Words Ending With

GNGONG

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Words Starting With D and Ending With G

Starts With D & Ends With GStarts With DU & Ends With GStarts With D & Ends With NG

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With D6 Letter Words Ending With G