du·gong (d  g ng , -gông)n. A herbivorous marine mammal (Dugong dugon), native to tropical coastal waters of the Indian Ocean, Red Sea, and southwest Pacific Ocean and having flipperlike forelimbs and a deeply notched tail fin. [New Latin Dugong, genus name, possibly from Malay duyong.] |   Dugong dugon |
dugong [ˈduːgɒŋ]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a whalelike sirenian mammal, Dugong dugon, occurring in shallow tropical waters from E Africa to Australia: family Dugongidae
[from Malay duyong]
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| Noun | 1. |  dugong - sirenian tusked mammal found from eastern Africa to Australia; the flat tail is bilobatesea cow, sirenian, sirenian mammal - any of two families of large herbivorous aquatic mammals with paddle-shaped tails and flipper-like forelimbs and no hind limbs genus Dugong - type genus of the Dugongidae comprising only the dugongs |
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