HYDRODAMALIS GIGAS

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Meaning:

Extinct large sirenian mammal formerly found near the Asiatic coast of the Bering Sea

Synonyms:

Hydrodamalis gigas; Steller's sea cow

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Hydrodamalis gigas" is a kind of...):

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)

Holonyms ("Hydrodamalis gigas" is a member of...):

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

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