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Definition of Sirenians
1. sirenian [n] - See also: sirenian
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sirenians
Literary usage of Sirenians
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Record of Science and Industry for 1871-78 by Spencer Fullerton Baird (1879)
"The Placental Characteristics of the Sirenians. It is probably generally known
to our readers that great importance has been attached to the mode and extent ..."
2. Elements of Zoölogy: A Text-book by Sanborn Tenney (1875)
"... OR Sirenians. The mammalia of this order are more or less fish-like, or more
nearly whale-like, in general appearance, and are popularly known as ..."
3. Water Reptiles of the Past and Present by Samuel Wendell Williston (1914)
"They are much less highly specialized, however, than the whales or sirenians,
since they are still capable of considerable freedom upon land, ..."
4. The Mammalia in Their Relation to Primeval Times by Schmidt (Eduard Oskar) (1886)
"However all the living Sirenians possess a five- fingered hand. ... The living
Sirenians have experienced a still farther reduction of the pelvis ; it has ..."
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