Definition of Trichechus

1. Noun. Type and sole genus of the Trichechidae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Trichecus
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Trichechidae, Trichechidae
Member holonyms: Manatee, Trichechus Manatus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trichechus

Triangulum
Triangulum Australe
Triangulum Galaxy
Triavil
Tribecan
Tribecans
Tribes of Israel
Tribonema
Tribonemaceae
Tribulation
Tribulus
Tribulus terestris
Trichechidae
Trichechus (current term)
Trichechus manatus
Trichinellicae
Trichinelloidea
Trichiuridae
Trichocephalus
Trichoceros
Trichodectes
Trichodontidae
Trichoglossus
Trichoglossus moluccanus
Tricholoma
Tricholoma aurantium
Tricholoma flavovirens
Tricholoma irinum

Literary usage of Trichechus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Marine Mammals in the Anatomical Museum of the University of Edinburgh by William Turner (1912)
"... eyes small; tail short; dorsum of digits with nails; mammae four. < L) Trichechus ROSMARUS. (TR. R.) (Auctorum.) (Walrus, Morse, Sea Horse. ..."

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