Definition of Order sirenia

1. Noun. An animal order including: manatees; dugongs; Steller's sea cow.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Sirenia

order Saprolegniales
order Sarcosporidia
order Sarraceniales
order Saurischia
order Sauropterygia
order Scandentia
order Sclerodermatales
order Scleroparei
order Scorpionida
order Scrophulariales
order Secotiales
order Selaginellales
order Siluriformes
order Siphonaptera
order Siphonophora
order Sirenia
order Solenichthyes
order Solenogastres
order Spatangoida
order Sphaeriales
order Sphaerocarpales
order Sphagnales
order Sphenisciformes
order Spirochaetales
order Squamata
order Stegocephalia
order Stereospondyli
order Stomatopoda
order Strigiformes
order Struthioniformes

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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