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any of two families of large herbivorous aquatic mammals with paddle-shaped tails and flipper-like forelimbs and no hind limbs

1. : sirenian, manatee, dugong; especially : steller's sea cow

2. : walrus 1

3. : hippopotamus

1. any sirenian, as the manatee or dugong.

2. Obs. the hippopotamus.

[1605-15]

sea cow noun

1. The walrus (archaic)

2. Any sirenian, such as the dugong or manatee

3. Formerly, the hippopotamus (S Afr; Du zeekoe)

Main Entry: ↑sea

sea cow,

1. any one of several large, fishlike, plant-eating mammals living in the sea. The manatee and dugong are two kinds of sea cow.

2. = walrus. (Cf. ↑walrus)

3. Obsolete. a hippopotamus.

n. a sirenian, esp. a manatee

ˈsea cow 7 [sea cow] noun

a type of sea ↑mammal like a large ↑seal with a rounded tail, that lives in tropical areas