GENUS DUGONG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Dugong mean? 

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

1. type genus of the Dugongidae comprising only the dugongs

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS DUGONG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Dugongidae comprising only the dugongs

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Dugong" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Dugong"):

dugong; Dugong dugon (sirenian tusked mammal found from eastern Africa to Australia; the flat tail is bilobate)

Holonyms ("genus Dugong" is a member of...):

Dugongidae; family Dugongidae (a family of mammals of order Sirenia including dugongs and Steller's sea cow)