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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Dugongidae
family Dugongidae

family Trichechidae
sea cow

Sirenia
sirenian

sirenian mammal
Trichechidae

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order Scorpionida
order Scrophulariales
order Secotiales
order Selaginellales
order Siluriformes
order Siphonaptera
order Siphonophora
order Sirenia
order Solenichthyes
order Solenogastres
order Spatangoida
order Sphaeriales
order Sphaerocarpales
order Sphagnales
order Sphenisciformes

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order Siluriformes
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