manatee

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English

Trichechus manatus

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish manatí, from a Cariban-language term meaning ‘breast’, ultimately from Proto-Cariban *manatɨ; compare Kari'na manaty, Trió manatï, Apalaí manaty, Akawaio manatï, Pemon manatü, Macushi manatî.

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Noun

manatee (plural manatees or manatee)

  1. Any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae, found in tropical regions.
    • 1988, Tampa Bay Magazine (Sept–Oct 1988, page 60)
      The ecological importance of the manatee is clear; scientists have demonstrated the dependancy of all components of an ecosystem on one another . . .

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  • → Japanese: マナティー (manatī)
  • → Korean: 매너티 (maeneoti)
  • → Welsh: manatî

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