DUGONG DUGON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dugong dugon mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DUGONG DUGON (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 dugon" 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 dugon" is a member of...):

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