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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within theorder Sirenia — thedugong .
Etymologies
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Dugong + -idae
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Some info: Apparently dugongs are the only living representatives of the Dugongidae family, though their cousins the manatees are also related on what biologists call the "order" level.
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