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‖ rhytina|rɪˈtaɪnə| Also Rytina. [mod.L., f. Gr. ῥυτίς wrinkle: see -ina1.] A genus of Sirenia, represented by one species, R. stelleri, recently become extinct; an animal of this genus; the Arctic Sea-cow.
1835–6Todd's Cycl. Anat. I. 576/2 The heart of the Dugong..and of the Rytina is cloven by the deep separation of the two ventricles. 1853Henfrey tr. Schleiden's Plant 400 Walruses and sea-cows, Rytinæ and mermaids. 1882Standard 10 Feb. 5/3 The Rhytina which, less than a hundred years ago, crowded the shores of Behring Strait. |