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Definition of Order Sirenia
1. Noun. An animal order including: manatees; dugongs; Steller's sea cow.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Eutheria, Subclass Eutheria
Member holonyms: Sea Cow, Sirenian, Sirenian Mammal, Family Trichechidae, Trichechidae, Dugongidae, Family Dugongidae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Sirenia
Literary usage of Order Sirenia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"... and order Sirenia. The Ameri. can manatee, to which the name was originally given
... Formerly coextensive with the order Sirenia, it is now restricted, ..."
2. Winston's Cumulative ... Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Bookby Charles Morris by Charles Morris (1917)
"It is a 1847 he published Narrative of a Journey gong, belonging to the order
Sirenia, tcrs from High Latitude!; and at various tapering body ending in a ..."
3. Sabra Crossing: An Ecological Adventure in the North Atlantic by Michael L. Frankel (1991)
"Manatees, along with dugongs and the recently extinct Steller' s sea cow, belong
to the order sirenia — a name derived from the beautiful Sirens who ..."
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