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Steller's sea cow
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Stel´ler's sea´ cow`
prop. n.1.(Zool.) The rytina; - called also stellerine and steller. See rytina.
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Noun1.Steller's sea cow - extinct large sirenian mammal formerly found near the Asiatic coast of the Bering Sea
Hydrodamalis gigas
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
genus Hydrodamalis, Hydrodamalis - a genus of the family Dugongidae comprising only Steller's sea cow
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He notes that only 27 years after its discovery the Stellar's sea cow became extinct, and ponders whether other species, such as some turtles, will suffer a similar fate.
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