Definition of Dugongidae

1. Noun. A family of mammals of order Sirenia including dugongs and Steller's sea cow.

Exact synonyms: Family Dugongidae
Generic synonyms: Mammal Family
Group relationships: Order Sirenia, Sirenia
Member holonyms: Genus Dugong, Genus Hydrodamalis, Hydrodamalis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dugongidae

Duckworth-Lewis method
Ducrey test
Dudley
Dudley Moore
Dudley Stuart John Moore
Duesenberg
Duff's device
Duffy
Dufy
Dugald Stewart
Dugas' test
Duggal
Dugong dugon
Dugongidae (current term)
Duhring's disease
Duhrssen's incisions
Duk-Duk
Duk-Duks
Dukas
Duke
Duke Ellington
Duke University
Duke Wayne
Duke bleeding time test
Duke of Argyll's tea tree
Duke of Cumberland
Duke of Edinburgh
Duke of Marlborough

Literary usage of Dugongidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Mammals of Pennsylvania and New Jersey: A Biographic, Historic and by Samuel Nicholson Rhoads (1903)
"... 114, 242 Hystrix, 114 Dugongidae, 246 Dugong, Great Extinct, 246 Dugongs, 5, 241 E. East American Black Bear, 183 Eastern Bay Lynx, 141 Hairy-tail Mole, ..."

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