Dugong

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dugong \Du*gong"\ (d[.u]*g[o^]g"), n. [Malayan d[=u]y[=o]ng, or
     Javan. duyung.] (Zool.)
     An aquatic herbivorous mammal ({Halicore dugong}), of the
     order {Sirenia}, allied to the manatee, but with a bilobed
     tail. It inhabits the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, East Indies, and
     Australia. [Written also {duyong}.]


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dugong
       n : sirenian tusked mammal found from eastern Africa to
           Australia; the flat tail is bilobate [syn: {Dugong dugon}]