genus dugong

English Thesaurus

1. type genus of the Dugongidae comprising only the dugongs (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	mammal genus,
definition	:	a genus of mammals (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	dugong, dugong dugon,
definition	:	sirenian tusked mammal found from eastern Africa to Australia; the flat tail is bilobate (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	dugongidae, family dugongidae,
definition	:	a family of mammals of order Sirenia including dugongs and Steller's sea cow (noun.animal)