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HYDRODAMALIS GIGAS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Hydrodamalis gigas mean?
• HYDRODAMALIS GIGAS (noun)
The noun HYDRODAMALIS GIGAS has 1 sense:
1. extinct large sirenian mammal formerly found near the Asiatic coast of the Bering Sea
Familiarity information: HYDRODAMALIS GIGAS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extinct large sirenian mammal formerly found near the Asiatic coast of the Bering Sea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Hydrodamalis gigas; Steller's sea cow
Hypernyms ("Hydrodamalis gigas" 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 ("Hydrodamalis gigas" is a member of...):
genus Hydrodamalis; Hydrodamalis (a genus of the family Dugongidae comprising only Steller's sea cow)
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