steller's sea cow
71Sirenia — noun an animal order including: manatees; dugongs; Steller s sea cow • Syn: ↑order Sirenia • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Eutheria, ↑subclass Eutheria • Member Me …
72sirenian — adj. & n. adj. of the order Sirenia of large aquatic plant eating mammals, e.g. the manatee and dugong. n. any mammal of this order. Etymology: mod.L Sirenia (as SIREN) * * * noun any of two families of large herbivorous aquatic mammals with… …
73sirenian mammal — noun any of two families of large herbivorous aquatic mammals with paddle shaped tails and flipper like forelimbs and no hind limbs • Syn: ↑sea cow, ↑sirenian • Hypernyms: ↑aquatic mammal • Hyponyms: ↑manatee, ↑Trichechus manatus, ↑ …
74Cryptid — 龍魚 (りゅうぎょ, ryūgyo?), a cryptid of Japan …
75Rhytina — Rytina Ryt i*na, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ryti s a wrinkle.] (Zo[ o]l.) A genus of large edentulous sirenians, allied to the dugong and manatee, including but one species ({Rytina Stelleri}); called also {Steller s sea cow}, {stellerine} and {steller}.… …
76Rytina — Ryt i*na, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ryti s a wrinkle.] (Zo[ o]l.) A genus of large edentulous sirenians, allied to the dugong and manatee, including but one species ({Rytina Stelleri}); called also {Steller s sea cow}, {stellerine} and {steller}. [Written …
77Rytina Stelleri — Rytina Ryt i*na, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ryti s a wrinkle.] (Zo[ o]l.) A genus of large edentulous sirenians, allied to the dugong and manatee, including but one species ({Rytina Stelleri}); called also {Steller s sea cow}, {stellerine} and {steller}.… …
78stellerine — Rytina Ryt i*na, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ryti s a wrinkle.] (Zo[ o]l.) A genus of large edentulous sirenians, allied to the dugong and manatee, including but one species ({Rytina Stelleri}); called also {Steller s sea cow}, {stellerine} and {steller}.… …
79Evolution of sirenians — Sirenia is the order of placental mammals which comprise modern sea cows (manatees and the Dugong) and their extinct relatives. They are the only extant herbivorous marine mammals and the only group of herbivorous mammals to have become… …
80List of extinct mammals — A large number of prehistoric mammals are extinct, e.g. Megafauna. See List of prehistoric mammals. This is an incomplete list of historically known extinct mammals, their dates of extinction, and former range. Mammals included are organisms… …
