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Dugong

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Noun

1. dugong, dugong dugon

sirenian tusked mammal found from eastern Africa to Australia; the flat tail is bilobate

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Dugong

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noun
a whalelike sirenian mammal, Dugong dugon, occurring in shallow tropical waters from E Africa to Australia: family Dugongidae

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Dugong

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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

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Dugong

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n.
A herbivorous marine mammal (Dugong dugon), native to tropical coastal waters of the Indian Ocean, Red Sea, and southwest Pacific Ocean and having flipperlike forelimbs and a notched tail.

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