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Manatee

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of the genus Trichechus, found in tropical regions.

    "The ecological importance of the manatee is clear; scientists have demonstrated the dependancy of all components of an ecosystem on one another . . ."

  2. 2
    sirenian mammal of tropical coastal waters of America; the flat tail is rounded wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish manatí, from a Cariban-language term meaning ‘breast’, ultimately from Proto-Cariban *manatɨ; compare Kari'na manaty, Trió manatï, Apalaí manaty, Akawaio manatï, Pemon manatü, Macushi manatî.

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