The dugong is a marine mammal.
Source: tatoeba (12715409)
Dugong
//ˈduɡɑŋ//
Synonyms for "dugong" (5 found)
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Closest matches (1)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (2)
Related words (2)
Related word relations
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Translations
74 translations across 49 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- doegong noun (Dugong dugon)
- doejong noun (Dugong dugon)
Arabic
1 entries- أَطُوم noun (Dugong dugon)
Armenian
1 entries- դյուգոն noun (Dugong dugon)
Bulgarian
1 entries- дюгон noun (Dugong dugon)
Cebuano
1 entries- dugong noun (Dugong dugon)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 人魚 /人鱼 noun (Dugong dugon)
- 儒艮 noun (Dugong dugon)
Danish
1 entries- dygong noun (Dugong dugon)
Dutch
2 entries- Indische zeekoe noun (Dugong dugon)
- doejong noun (Dugong dugon)
Esperanto
1 entries- dugongo noun (Dugong dugon)
Finnish
1 entries- dugongi noun (Dugong dugon)
French
2 entries- dugong noun (Dugong dugon)
- vache marine noun (Dugong dugon)
German
2 entries- Dugong noun (Dugong dugon)
- Gabelschwanzseekuh noun (Dugong dugon)
Greek
2 entries- ντιγκόνγκ noun (Dugong dugon)
- ντουγκόνγκ noun (Dugong dugon)
Gujarati
3 entries- બાઈમાણસ noun (Dugong dugon)
- લૂલી noun (Dugong dugon)
- સૂવરમચ્છી noun (Dugong dugon)
Hawaiian
1 entries- kūionoko noun (Dugong dugon)
Hebrew
1 entries- תחש noun (Dugong dugon)
Hiligaynon
1 entries- duyong noun (Dugong dugon)
Hungarian
2 entries- dugong noun (Dugong dugon)
- tengeritehén noun (Dugong dugon)
Ido
1 entries- duyongo noun (Dugong dugon)
Ilocano
1 entries- duyong noun (Dugong dugon)
Indonesian
4 entries- babi duyung noun (Dugong dugon)
- dugong noun (Dugong dugon)
- duyung noun (Dugong dugon)
- ikan duyung noun (Dugong dugon)
Italian
1 entries- dugongo noun (Dugong dugon)
Japanese
1 entries- ジュゴン noun (Dugong dugon)
Javanese
1 entries- ꦢꦸꦪꦸꦁ noun (Dugong dugon)
Kala Lagaw Ya
1 entries- dhangal noun (Dugong dugon)
Kayardild
1 entries- bijarrba noun (Dugong dugon)
Khmer
1 entries- ជ្រូកទឹក noun (Dugong dugon)
Korean
1 entries- 듀공 noun (Dugong dugon)
Malay
4 entries- babi duyung noun (Dugong dugon)
- dugong noun (Dugong dugon)
- duyung noun (Dugong dugon)
- ikan duyung noun (Dugong dugon)
Malayalam
2 entries- കടലാവ് noun (Dugong dugon)
- കടൽപ്പശു noun (Dugong dugon)
Meriam
1 entries- deger noun (Dugong dugon)
Navajo
1 entries- táłtłʼááh ayání noun (Dugong dugon)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- dugong noun (Dugong dugon)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- dugong noun (Dugong dugon)
Polish
1 entries- diugoń noun (Dugong dugon)
Portuguese
1 entries- dugongo noun (Dugong dugon)
Romanian
1 entries- dugong noun (Dugong dugon)
Russian
1 entries- дюго́нь noun (Dugong dugon)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- dugong noun (Dugong dugon)
- moronj noun (Dugong dugon)
Spanish
1 entries- dugongo noun (Dugong dugon)
Swahili
1 entries- nguva noun (Dugong dugon)
Tagalog
1 entries- dugong noun (Dugong dugon)
Tamil
2 entries- ஆவுளியா noun (Dugong dugon)
- கடல் பசு noun (Dugong dugon)
Thai
1 entries- พะยูน noun (Dugong dugon)
Tiwi
4 entries- jimayi noun (Dugong dugon)
- marntuwunyini noun (Dugong dugon)
- martuwunyini noun (Dugong dugon)
- yinjimayi noun (Dugong dugon)
Uneapa
1 entries- lui noun (Dugong dugon)
Vietnamese
1 entries- cá cúi noun (Dugong dugon)
Welsh
1 entries- dwgong noun (Dugong dugon)
Wolof
1 entries- leraw bi noun (Dugong dugon)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
The dugong is a herbivorous marine mammal.
Source: tatoeba (12715420)
The Ceylong dugong is an extraordinary and interesting animal which is often seen on the coast. It is plentiful in and about the Gulf of Manaar, and resembles somewhat a huge, thickly-made, bluff-headed seal.
Source: wiktionary
“What are those things that aren’t seals? Much worse than seals. Big, blubbery things. Dugongs.”
Source: wiktionary
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