dugong
/ˈduːɡɑːŋ/
noun
- A large marine mammal that lives in warm coastal waters, with a rounded body, flippers, and a tail like a whale's; it eats seagrass.
- Tourists went snorkeling hoping to see a dugong in the wild.
- Dugongs are sometimes called 'sea cows' because they graze on underwater plants.
- The dugong swam slowly through the shallow seagrass beds.