dugongn.

/ˈduːɡɒŋ/

Etymology: < Malay name dūyong. Barchewitz, 1751, gives dugung as the name in the Philippine isle of Leyte; this was adopted 1765 by Buffon ( Hist. Nat. XIII. 374) as dugon, and by Gmelin, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 13, 1788, as dugong.

A large aquatic herbivorous mammal ( Halicore dugong, order Sirenia) inhabiting the Indian seas.

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Indian walrus1771

dugong1800

Halicore1828

1800 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. I. 239 Trichecus Dugong (Gmel.). Dugon (Buffon). Indian Walrus (Pennant Quadr.). This species, in the Philippine Islands, is said to be called by the name of Dugung.

1820 Sir S. Raffles in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 110 174 (title) Some account of the Dugong.

1820 Sir S. Raffles in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 110 180 The Malays..distinguish two varieties, the duyong bamban, and the duyong bantal; the latter much thicker and shorter in proportion.

1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals II. xxiv. 496 The Dugong..is the only animal yet known that grazes at the bottom of the sea.

1849 Sketches Nat. Hist.: Mammalia III. 126 We have..alluded to the dugong or duyong, and the lamantin..belonging to the pachydermatous order.

1889 H. H. Romilly Verandah in New Guinea 189 On the surface of the water there were several dugong asleep.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	dugong
释义	dugongn. /ˈduːɡɒŋ/ Etymology: < Malay name dūyong. Barchewitz, 1751, gives dugung as the name in the Philippine isle of Leyte; this was adopted 1765 by Buffon ( Hist. Nat. XIII. 374) as dugon, and by Gmelin, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 13, 1788, as dugong. A large aquatic herbivorous mammal ( Halicore dugong, order Sirenia) inhabiting the Indian seas. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Placentalia > [noun] > order Sirenia > genus Dugong Indian walrus1771 dugong1800 Halicore1828 1800 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. I. 239 Trichecus Dugong (Gmel.). Dugon (Buffon). Indian Walrus (Pennant Quadr.). This species, in the Philippine Islands, is said to be called by the name of Dugung. 1820 Sir S. Raffles in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 110 174 (title) Some account of the Dugong. 1820 Sir S. Raffles in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 110 180 The Malays..distinguish two varieties, the duyong bamban, and the duyong bantal; the latter much thicker and shorter in proportion. 1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals II. xxiv. 496 The Dugong..is the only animal yet known that grazes at the bottom of the sea. 1849 Sketches Nat. Hist.: Mammalia III. 126 We have..alluded to the dugong or duyong, and the lamantin..belonging to the pachydermatous order. 1889 H. H. Romilly Verandah in New Guinea 189 On the surface of the water there were several dugong asleep. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1800
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