'Steller's sea cow' definitions:
Definition of 'Steller's sea cow'
From: WordNet
noun
Extinct large sirenian mammal formerly found near the Asiatic coast of the Bering Sea [syn: Steller's sea cow, Hydrodamalis gigas]
Definition of 'Steller's sea cow'
From: GCIDE
- Rytina \Ryt"i*na\ (r[i^]t"[i^]*n[.a]), n. [NL., fr. Gr. "ryti`s a wrinkle.] (Zool.) A genus of large edentulous sirenians, allied to the dugong and manatee, including but one species (Rytina Stelleri); -- called also Steller's sea cow, stellerine and steller. [Written also Rhytina.] [1913 Webster]
- Note: It is now extinct, but was formerly abundant at Bering's Island, near Bering's Straits. It was twenty-five feet or more in length, with a thick, blackish, naked skin. The last were killed in 1768 for their oil and flesh. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Steller's sea cow'
From: GCIDE
- steller \stel"ler\, n. [After Geo. W. Steller, a German naturalist.] (Zool.) The rytina; -- called also stellerine and {Steller's sea cow}. See rytina. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Steller's sea cow'
From: GCIDE
- Steller's sea cow \Stel"ler's sea" cow`\, prop. n. [After Geo. W. Steller, a German naturalist.] (Zool.) The rytina; -- called also stellerine and steller. See rytina. [1913 Webster]