Dugong

See also: dugong

Translingual

Dugong

Etymology

New Latin, from Tagalog, from Malay duyong

Proper noun

Dugong m

A taxonomic genus within the family Dugongidae – the dugong.

Hypernyms

(genus): Mammalia - class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria - infraclass; Epitheria - magnorder; Afrotheria - superorder; Paenungulata - clade; Sirenia - order; Dugongidae - family; Dugonginae - subfamily

Hyponyms

(genus): Dugong dugon - the only species

Further reading

Dugong on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Dugong on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Dugong on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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