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Definition of Manatees
1. manatee [n] - See also: manatee
Lexicographical Neighbors of Manatees
Literary usage of Manatees
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Animals: A Popular Guide to the Mammals of North America North of by Witmer Stone, William Everett Cram (1902)
"Just what the affinities of the manatees are we have no more definite ...
The resemblance between the manatees and whales is practically limited to the ..."
2. American Animals: A Popular Guide to the Mammals of North America North of by Witmer Stone, William Everett Cram (1902)
"Just what the affinities of the manatees are we have no more definite ...
The resemblance between the manatees and whales is practically limited to the ..."
3. The Sea and Its Living Wonders by Georg Hartwig (1892)
"The manatees and the Dugongs.—The Seals and the Esquimaux. ... THE manatees or
Lamantins of the Atlantic Ocean, and the now nearly extinct Dugongs of the ..."
4. Adventure Guide to the Florida Keys and Everglades National Park by Bruce Morris (2004)
"manatees inhabit shallow coastal areas and, although endangered, ... WILDLIFE WATCH:
The leading cause of death for manatees is collisions with powerboats. ..."
5. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"SIRENIA—THE manatees. This group contains the phytophagous or herbivorous cetacea.
... The Sirenia consists of the manatees (Manatus), ..."
6. Costa Rica Alive! by Bruce Morris (2002)
"manatees West Indian manatees are herbivorous aquatic mammals, long hunted for
food and for hide so tough it has been used for industrial belting. ..."
7. Camping and Cruising in Florida by James Alexander Henshall (1884)
"—"Old Cuba."—A glimpse of tho tropies.—Pet snakes and chameleons.—manatees, and
a nun not at ease.—St. Lucie River.—In the wilds of Florida.—Game plentiful. ..."
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