DUGONG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dugong mean? 

• DUGONG (noun)
  The noun DUGONG has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: DUGONG used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DUGONG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

dugong; Dugong dugon

Hypernyms ("dugong" 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 ("dugong" is a member of...):

genus Dugong (type genus of the Dugongidae comprising only the dugongs)

 Context examples 

Where sharks rove seagrass beds, dugongs and other shark prey species steer clear.

(Sharks, the seagrass protectors, National Science Foundation)

That keeps seagrasses — which grazers like dugongs and other marine animals eat — from being decimated.

(Sharks, the seagrass protectors, National Science Foundation)

Warm ocean waters caused the widespread loss of seagrasses, a main food source for dugongs (sea cows) and other species that are the sharks' prey.

(Sharks, the seagrass protectors, National Science Foundation)