MANATEE

Manatee

Manatees are large, fully aquatic, mostly herbivorous marine mammals sometimes known as sea cows. There are three accepted living species of Trichechidae, representing three of the four living species in the order Sirenia: the Amazonian manatee, the West Indian manatee, and the West African manatee . They measure up to long, weigh as much as, and have paddle-like flippers. The name manatí comes from the Taíno, a pre-Columbian people of the Caribbean, meaning "breast".

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manatee

Noun

  1. Any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae, found in tropical regions.
    There are no manatees in Armenia.


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