dugong

«dugong» in Mova's school dictionary: a large, gentle sea mammal with a whale-like tail that… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a dugong, dugongs)

meaning for a pupil

A dugong is a large, gentle sea mammal with a whale-like tail that grazes on seagrass in warm shallow seas, like a sea cow. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons on marine animals, endangered species and Australian wildlife; related to the manatee; old sailors' stories of mermaids may come from dugongs.

examples

• The dugong munched seagrass in the shallow water. tree →
• Dugongs live in the seas around northern Australia. tree →
• A dugong is a mammal, so it breathes air. tree →
• Dugongs are protected because they are endangered. tree →
• Sailors may have mistaken dugongs for mermaids. tree →

note

Countable. It is a mammal, not a fish. Different from a manatee: a dugong has a fluked tail like a dolphin; a manatee has a round, paddle-like tail.

In the corpora

• Dugongs are sea cows that graze on sea grass, and sailors long ago may have mistaken dugongs and manatees for mermaids.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «dugong» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.