'Dugong' definitions:
Definition of 'dugong'
(from WordNet)
noun
Sirenian tusked mammal found from eastern Africa to Australia; the flat tail is bilobate [syn: dugong, Dugong dugon]
Definition of 'Dugong'
From: GCIDE
- Dugong \Du*gong"\ (d[.u]*g[o^]g"), n. [Malayan d[=u]y[=o]ng, or Javan. duyung.] (Zool.) An aquatic herbivorous mammal (Halicore dugong), of the order Sirenia, allied to the manatee, but with a bilobed tail. It inhabits the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, East Indies, and Australia. [Written also duyong.] [1913 Webster]