Definitions for: Sirenia


[n] manatees; dugongs; Stellar's sea cow



Webster (1913) Definition: Si*re"ni*a, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.)
An order of large aquatic herbivorous mammals, including the
manatee, dugong, rytina, and several fossil genera.

Note: The hind limbs are either rudimentary or wanting, and
the front ones are changed to paddles. They have horny
plates on the front part of the jaws, and usually
flat-crowned molar teeth. The stomach is complex and
the intestine long, as in other herbivorous mammals.
See Cetacea
(b) .

Synonyms: order Sirenia

See Also: animal order, Dugongidae, Eutheria, family Dugongidae, family Trichechidae, sea cow, sirenian, sirenian mammal, subclass Eutheria, Trichechidae

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