dugong
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- noun
- /ˈduːɡɒŋ/
- Specialized
- This award-winning boutique hotel, set on a remote desert island, is set within a Marine National Park, giving the chance to see whales, dolphins, and dugong.
- dugong or manatee
- turtles and dugongs
Examples
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A favorite on UNESCO's World Heritage list, this delicate ecosystem is home to porpoises, green sea turtles, whales, and dugongs.
Blog text (31) -
Dugongs are often seen grazing on seagrass in the warm coastal waters of dugong Australia.
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There are paintings of a bicycle, a dugong hunt, and pipe-smoking Europeans.
Academic text (2011) -
I think that there is a whale size manatee or dugong called the stellar sea cow.
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November 9, 2011 - "An unprecedented number of fish with red spots, lesions, and parasites, as well as dead dugongs and turtles, have been found this year.
Blog text (11) -
Oh, Fred tried to fight back, no doubt about it, countering snow tires with power tools, the spicy chicken sandwich with the Big Mac, and the Great Wall of China with the breeding grounds of the manatees off the west coast of Florida (also known as dugongs, did we know that?), but he was out of his league; even I could see that.
Fiction book (1999) -
The dugong, a large marine mammal, is commonly found in areas from eastern Africa to Australia.
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Conservation efforts are crucial for protecting the dugong, which is endangered due to habitat loss.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dugong comes from Malay and Filipino duyung, which means 'mermaid' or 'lady of the sea'. Sailors long ago thought these slow, round sea animals looked a little like mermaids, so the name stayed for this gentle sea mammal related to the manatee.