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STELLER'S SEA COW
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Extinct large sirenian mammal formerly found near the Asiatic coast of the Bering Sea
Synonyms:
Hydrodamalis gigas; Steller's sea cow
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Steller's sea cow" is a kind of...):
sea cow; sirenian; sirenian mammal (any of two families of large herbivorous aquatic mammals with paddle-shaped tails and flipper-like forelimbs and no hind limbs)
Holonyms ("Steller's sea cow" is a member of...):
genus Hydrodamalis; Hydrodamalis (a genus of the family Dugongidae comprising only Steller's sea cow)