Sentence example with the word 'dugong'

dugong

Definition n. sirenian tusked mammal found from eastern Africa to Australia

Last update: September 16, 2015


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The sea produces three different seals, which often ascend rivers from the coast, and can live in lagoons of fresh water; many cetaceans, besides the " right whale " and sperm whale; and the dugong, found on the northern shores, which yields a valuable medicinal oil.   [Please select]

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Balaenoptera Indica (_Indian Rorqual_) 264 SIRENIA--THE MANATEES 267 Genus Halicore--The Dugong-- 272.   [Please select]

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Halicore dugong (_Dugong_) 268 ORDER RODENTIA--THE GNAWERS 269 SUB-ORDER SIMPLICIDENTATA--SIMPLE-TOOTHED RODENTS 272 SCIUROMORPHA 273 SCIURIDAE--THE SQUIRRELS 274 Genus Sciurus-- 273.   [Please select]

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The latter country possesses an organised dugong fishery, which bids fair to exterminate this harmless animal.   [Please select]

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He knew they were amphibious, and that, where the dugong was found, land could not be a long way off.   [Please select]

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We are unwilling to interrupt the course of our narrative by disquisitions on subjects of natural history, and, therefore, relegate to a note the following particulars about the dugong.   [Please select]

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