Sirenia

Si`re´ni`a

n. pl.

1.

(Zool.) An order of large aquatic herbivorous mammals, including the manatee, dugong, rytina, and several fossil genera.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Sirenia - an animal order including: manatees; dugongs; Steller's sea cow order Sirenia animal order - the order of animals Eutheria, subclass Eutheria - all mammals except monotremes and marsupials sea 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 family Trichechidae, Trichechidae - comprising only the manatees Dugongidae, family Dugongidae - a family of mammals of order Sirenia including dugongs and Steller's sea cow