Definition of Sirenia

1. Noun. An animal order including: manatees; dugongs; Steller's sea cow.

Exact synonyms: Order Sirenia
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Eutheria, Subclass Eutheria
Member holonyms: Sea Cow, Sirenian, Sirenian Mammal, Family Trichechidae, Trichechidae, Dugongidae, Family Dugongidae

Definition of Sirenia

1. n. pl. An order of large aquatic herbivorous mammals, including the manatee, dugong, rytina, and several fossil genera.

Medical Definition of Sirenia

1. An order of large aquatic herbivorous mammals, including the manatee, dugong, rytina, and several fossil genera. The hind limbs are either rudimentary or wanting, and the front ones are changed to paddles. They have horny plates on the front part of the jaws, and usually flat-crowned molar teeth. The stomach is complex and the intestine long, as in other herbivorous mammals. See Cetacea . Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sirenia

Siraj-ud-daula
SIRC
sircar
sircars
sirdar
sirdars
sire
sire
sired
siredon
siree
sirees
siren
siren
sirenia (current term)
Sirenia
sirenian
sirenian
sirenians
sirenian mammal
sirenic
Sirenidae
sireniform
sirenise
sirenised
sirenises
sirenize
sirenized
sirenizes
sirenomelia

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