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FAMILY DUGONGIDAE

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Meaning:

A family of mammals of order Sirenia including dugongs and Steller's sea cow

Synonyms:

Dugongidae; family Dugongidae

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Dugongidae" is a kind of...):

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "family Dugongidae"):

genus Dugong (type genus of the Dugongidae comprising only the dugongs)

genus Hydrodamalis; Hydrodamalis (a genus of the family Dugongidae comprising only Steller's sea cow)

Holonyms ("family Dugongidae" is a member of...):

order Sirenia; Sirenia (an animal order including: manatees; dugongs; Steller's sea cow)

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