sirenian

si·re·ni·an  (s-rn-n)

n.

See sea cow.

adj.

Of or belonging to the order of sea cows.

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[From New Latin Srnia, order name, from Latin Srn, Siren; see siren.]

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sirenian [saɪˈriːnɪən]

adj

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) of, relating to, or belonging to the Sirenia, an order of aquatic herbivorous placental mammals having forelimbs modified as paddles, no hind limbs, and a horizontally flattened tail: contains only the dugong and manatees

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any animal belonging to the order Sirenia; a sea cow

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

sirenian - any of two families of large herbivorous aquatic mammals with paddle-shaped tails and flipper-like forelimbs and no hind limbs sea cow, sirenian mammal aquatic mammal - whales and dolphins; manatees and dugongs; walruses; seals order Sirenia, Sirenia - an animal order including: manatees; dugongs; Steller's sea cow manatee, Trichechus manatus - sirenian mammal of tropical coastal waters of America; the flat tail is rounded dugong, Dugong dugon - sirenian tusked mammal found from eastern Africa to Australia; the flat tail is bilobate Hydrodamalis gigas, Steller's sea cow - extinct large sirenian mammal formerly found near the Asiatic coast of the Bering Sea