dugong

One entry found for dugong.

Main Entry: du·gong
Pronunciation: 'dü-"gä[ng], -"go[ng]
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin, genus name, probably from dugung in Cebuano or a related Austronesian language of the central Philippines
: a sirenian mammal (Dugong dugon of the family Dugongidae) of a monotypic genus that has a bilobed tail and in the male upper incisors altered into short tusks and that inhabits warm coastal waters chiefly of southern Asia, Australia, and northeastern Africa
[dugong illustration]