order Sirenia

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Noun1.order Sirenia - an animal order including: manateesorder Sirenia - an animal order including: manatees; dugongs; Steller's sea cow
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
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It is the fourth member of the order Sirenia, alongside three manatee species.
How Tagbanua tribesmen protect the 'mermaids' of Palawan
They are the fourth member of the order Sirenia, alongside the three manatee species.
Swimming with 'mermaids'
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