HYDRODAMALIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hydrodamalis mean? 

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

1. a genus of the family Dugongidae comprising only Steller's sea cow

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYDRODAMALIS (noun)

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Meaning:

A genus of the family Dugongidae comprising only Steller's sea cow

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Hydrodamalis; Hydrodamalis

Hypernyms ("Hydrodamalis" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Hydrodamalis"):

Hydrodamalis gigas; Steller's sea cow (extinct large sirenian mammal formerly found near the Asiatic coast of the Bering Sea)

Holonyms ("Hydrodamalis" is a member of...):

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