manateen.

Brit.

/ˌmanəˈtiː/,

/ˈmanətiː/, U.S.

/ˈmænəˌti/

Forms: 1500s–1600s manat, 1500s–1600s manaty, 1500s–1700s manate, 1500s– manati, 1600s manacy, 1600s manentine, 1600s manitte, 1600s mannatee, 1600s mannaty, 1600s–1700s mannati, 1600s– manatee, 1700s manatae, 1700s manatea, 1700s manatie, 1700s manattee, 1700s mannasi, 1700s mannasy, 1700s minati, 1800s manatin, 1800s maneto, 1800s mannittee.

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish manatí.

Etymology: < Spanish manatí (1535) < Carib manáti (1665 in form manattouï in Raymond Breton Dictionnaire caraibe). Compare post-classical Latin manatus (1515; as scientific Latin specific name in Trichechus manatus (Linnaeus, 1758)), Middle French manati (1533), French †manat (Cotgrave), manate (1867 in Littré), Italian manati (a1557), manato (a1617). Compare French lamantin lamantin n. N.E.D. (1904) cites a supposed post-classical Latin manatus ‘having hands’, which would be an irregular formation < manu- , combining form of classical Latin manus hand (see manus n.¹) + -ātus -ate suffix², but this does not appear to be attested in any Latin text or lexicon (perhaps compare post-classical Latin manuatus, recorded with the same gloss in C. T. Lewis and C. Short Lat. Dict. (1879)). However, the name of the animal was certainly supposed during the 16th cent. to refer to its having handlike flippers: compare G. B. Ramuzio, Navigazioni (a1557) ‘Ha il manati due mani o braccia corte presso la testa, e per questo lo chiamarono i cristiani manati.’

1. A sirenian mammal; spec. any of several sirenians of the genus Trichechus (family Trichechidae), which have a rounded tail flipper and inhabit coastal waters and adjacent rivers of the tropical Atlantic. Formerly: spec. (Australian) †the dugong, Dugong dugon (obsolete). Cf. sea-cow n. 1.northern manatee: see northern adj., n., and adv. Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Placentalia > [noun] > order Sirenia > genus Trichechus (manatee)

manatee1555

cow-fish1634

lamantin1666

manatoid1890

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. viij. f. 130^v A yonnge fyshe of the kynde of those huge monsters of the sea whiche thinhabitours caule Manati.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. viij. f. 200^v Manates, and Murene, and manye other fysshes which haue no names.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. viij. f. 202 Manate..is the thyrde [fish]..whereof I haue promysed to entreate. Manate therefore, is a fysshe of the sea, of the byggest sorte [etc.].

1568 T. Hacket tr. A. Thevet New Found Worlde lxxi. 115 Among the which [fish] there is one named Manaty.

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. ii. 72 The Indian Manat and the Mullet float O're Mountaines tops, where yerst the bearded Goat Did bound and brouze.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 212 The Mannatee or Cow-fish for taste and shape can pose both feeders and beholders.

1684 tr. A. O. Exquemelin Bucaniers Amer. iii. vii. 82 A certain Animal, which the Spaniards call Manentines, and the Dutch, Sea-Cows.

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World iii. 33 The Manatee..on the Coast of New-Holland. This Creature is about the bigness of a Horse, and 10 or 12 foot long.

1735 J. Atkins Voy. Guinea 42 Fit Haunts for the Manatea and Crocodile.

1799 W. Tooke View Russ. Empire I. 204 Sea-bears, manatis and other sea-animals frequent these shores in herds.

1825 P. P. King in B. Field Geogr. Mem. New S. Wales 290 The manatee, that Dampier describes, was not seen by us, unless on one occasion, when an animal entirely different from the turtle was seen on the surface of the water.

1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 289/1 The American Manatee is of rounded form, and has been compared to a leathern bottle or wine-skin.

1883 C. A. Moloney W. Afr. Fisheries 28 The flesh of the manatee is much appreciated by the natives, resembling a combination of veal and pork.

1933 C. Fenner Bunyips & Billabongs 2 As long ago as 1821 the explorer Hamilton Hume reported the existence in Lake Bathurst of a large animal, supposed..‘to be a manatee (dugong) or a hippopotamus’.

1960 H. S. Zim Guide to Everglades 24 Manatee or sea-cow is a large..timid, ungainly aquatic mammal found in Florida bays and inlets where it feeds on water plants.

1989 C. R. Wilson & W. Ferris Encycl. Southern Culture 330/2 The docile, slow-breeding, marine herbivore the manatee is attempting to maintain its population.

1994 B. Gilroy Sunlight on Sweet Water 26 The flesh of the manatee looked like pork, but the blood ran bright red.

†2. A kind of sea lion (not identified). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Pinnipedia (seal, sea lion, or walrus) > [noun] > family Ostaridae (eared seal) > genus Zalophus (sea-lion)

manatee1697

sea lion1697

lion of the sea1773

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xx. 547 I found the Santa Hellena Manatee to be, by their Shapes..those Creatures called Sea-lyons.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

manatee-catching n.

ΚΠ

1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 289/2 The sport of manatee-catching, thus conducted, is described as highly diverting.

manatee-fishing n.

ΚΠ

1860 M. Reid Odd People 261 The true season of the manati-fishing is when the waters of the great flood have considerably subsided.

C2.

† manatee butter n. Obsolete the solid oil obtained from the manatee.

ΚΠ

1860 M. Reid Odd People 259 Another valuable commodity obtained from this animal is oil, known in the missions as manati-butter (manteca de manati).

manatee grass n. either of two grasslike marine aquatic plants (flowering underwater) occurring in shallow coastal waters of the Caribbean and south-eastern United States: (a) Thalassia testudinum (family Hydrocharitaceae), also called turtle-grass (rare); (b) Syringodium filiforme ( Cymodocea manatorum) (family Cymodoceaceae).

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > algae > seaweed > [noun] > others

manatee grass1696

pepper dulse1724

pipeweed1755

sea-beard1777

Iceland sea grass1809

Porphyra1836

nullipore1840

sea-thread1843

niggerhair1852

lucky minnie's lines1853

marine sauce1866

hijiki1951

1696 H. Sloane Catal. Plantarum in Jamaica 5 Alga Juncea,..Manati Grasse.

1871 C. Kingsley At Last I. i. 36 A bottom of white sand, bedded here and there with the short manati-grass.

1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants 255/2 Thalassia testudinum, Manatu-grass [sic], Turtle-grass.

1924 Sci. Survey Porto Rico & Virgin Is. (N.Y. Acad. of Sciences) V. 12 Cymodocea manatorum... Shallow salt water, Porto Rico; Culebra; St. Thomas; St. Croix; St. Jan:—Florida; Mississippi; Louisiana; Jamaica; Bermuda to Cuba, Martinique and Curaçao. Manatee-grass.

1933 J. K. Small Man. Southeastern Flora 18 Manatee-grass... Coastal creeks and bays, Fla. to La.

1987 Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 100 1023 Two known species of free-living marine nematodes..are described from sediments vegetated with manatee grass (Syringodium filiformis [sic]) and shoal grass (Halodule wrightii)..from St. Andrew Bay, Bay County, Florida.

† manatee-hide n. Obsolete rare a whip made from manatee leather.

ΚΠ

1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. Index sig. E Thongs and Tholes for Boats, of Manatee-hide.

1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! xxv The driver applied the manati-hide across his loins, once, twice, with fearful force.

manatee leather n. leather made from the hide of a manatee.

ΚΠ

1832 W. Macgillivray Trav. & Researches A. von Humboldt xviii. 258 She..was scourged with straps of manatee leather.

† manatee strap n. Obsolete a strap made of manatee leather.

ΚΠ

1682 T. Amy Carolina 32 With one of these Manaty Strapps I have seen a Bar of Iron cut and dented.

1707 H. Sloane Voy. Islands I. p. lvii Beating with Manati Straps is thought too cruel, and therefore prohibited by the Customs of the Country.

manatee-trap n. now rare a trap for harpooning manatees.

ΚΠ

1883 C. A. Moloney W. Afr. Fisheries 27 Manatee-trap... Briefly described it is a harpoon of heavy wood tipped with iron, suspended by a string..from the cross-piece of a supporting wooden framework.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	manatee
释义	manateen. Brit. /ˌmanəˈtiː/, /ˈmanətiː/, U.S. /ˈmænəˌti/ Forms: 1500s–1600s manat, 1500s–1600s manaty, 1500s–1700s manate, 1500s– manati, 1600s manacy, 1600s manentine, 1600s manitte, 1600s mannatee, 1600s mannaty, 1600s–1700s mannati, 1600s– manatee, 1700s manatae, 1700s manatea, 1700s manatie, 1700s manattee, 1700s mannasi, 1700s mannasy, 1700s minati, 1800s manatin, 1800s maneto, 1800s mannittee. Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish manatí. Etymology: < Spanish manatí (1535) < Carib manáti (1665 in form manattouï in Raymond Breton Dictionnaire caraibe). Compare post-classical Latin manatus (1515; as scientific Latin specific name in Trichechus manatus (Linnaeus, 1758)), Middle French manati (1533), French †manat (Cotgrave), manate (1867 in Littré), Italian manati (a1557), manato (a1617). Compare French lamantin lamantin n. N.E.D. (1904) cites a supposed post-classical Latin manatus ‘having hands’, which would be an irregular formation < manu- , combining form of classical Latin manus hand (see manus n.¹) + -ātus -ate suffix², but this does not appear to be attested in any Latin text or lexicon (perhaps compare post-classical Latin manuatus, recorded with the same gloss in C. T. Lewis and C. Short Lat. Dict. (1879)). However, the name of the animal was certainly supposed during the 16th cent. to refer to its having handlike flippers: compare G. B. Ramuzio, Navigazioni (a1557) ‘Ha il manati due mani o braccia corte presso la testa, e per questo lo chiamarono i cristiani manati.’ 1. A sirenian mammal; spec. any of several sirenians of the genus Trichechus (family Trichechidae), which have a rounded tail flipper and inhabit coastal waters and adjacent rivers of the tropical Atlantic. Formerly: spec. (Australian) †the dugong, Dugong dugon (obsolete). Cf. sea-cow n. 1.northern manatee: see northern adj., n., and adv. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Placentalia > [noun] > order Sirenia > genus Trichechus (manatee) manatee1555 cow-fish1634 lamantin1666 manatoid1890 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. viij. f. 130^v A yonnge fyshe of the kynde of those huge monsters of the sea whiche thinhabitours caule Manati. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. viij. f. 200^v Manates, and Murene, and manye other fysshes which haue no names. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. viij. f. 202 Manate..is the thyrde [fish]..whereof I haue promysed to entreate. Manate therefore, is a fysshe of the sea, of the byggest sorte [etc.]. 1568 T. Hacket tr. A. Thevet New Found Worlde lxxi. 115 Among the which [fish] there is one named Manaty. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. ii. 72 The Indian Manat and the Mullet float O're Mountaines tops, where yerst the bearded Goat Did bound and brouze. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 212 The Mannatee or Cow-fish for taste and shape can pose both feeders and beholders. 1684 tr. A. O. Exquemelin Bucaniers Amer. iii. vii. 82 A certain Animal, which the Spaniards call Manentines, and the Dutch, Sea-Cows. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World iii. 33 The Manatee..on the Coast of New-Holland. This Creature is about the bigness of a Horse, and 10 or 12 foot long. 1735 J. Atkins Voy. Guinea 42 Fit Haunts for the Manatea and Crocodile. 1799 W. Tooke View Russ. Empire I. 204 Sea-bears, manatis and other sea-animals frequent these shores in herds. 1825 P. P. King in B. Field Geogr. Mem. New S. Wales 290 The manatee, that Dampier describes, was not seen by us, unless on one occasion, when an animal entirely different from the turtle was seen on the surface of the water. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 289/1 The American Manatee is of rounded form, and has been compared to a leathern bottle or wine-skin. 1883 C. A. Moloney W. Afr. Fisheries 28 The flesh of the manatee is much appreciated by the natives, resembling a combination of veal and pork. 1933 C. Fenner Bunyips & Billabongs 2 As long ago as 1821 the explorer Hamilton Hume reported the existence in Lake Bathurst of a large animal, supposed..‘to be a manatee (dugong) or a hippopotamus’. 1960 H. S. Zim Guide to Everglades 24 Manatee or sea-cow is a large..timid, ungainly aquatic mammal found in Florida bays and inlets where it feeds on water plants. 1989 C. R. Wilson & W. Ferris Encycl. Southern Culture 330/2 The docile, slow-breeding, marine herbivore the manatee is attempting to maintain its population. 1994 B. Gilroy Sunlight on Sweet Water 26 The flesh of the manatee looked like pork, but the blood ran bright red. †2. A kind of sea lion (not identified). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Pinnipedia (seal, sea lion, or walrus) > [noun] > family Ostaridae (eared seal) > genus Zalophus (sea-lion) manatee1697 sea lion1697 lion of the sea1773 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xx. 547 I found the Santa Hellena Manatee to be, by their Shapes..those Creatures called Sea-lyons. Compounds C1. General attributive. manatee-catching n. ΚΠ 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 289/2 The sport of manatee-catching, thus conducted, is described as highly diverting. manatee-fishing n. ΚΠ 1860 M. Reid Odd People 261 The true season of the manati-fishing is when the waters of the great flood have considerably subsided. C2. † manatee butter n. Obsolete the solid oil obtained from the manatee. ΚΠ 1860 M. Reid Odd People 259 Another valuable commodity obtained from this animal is oil, known in the missions as manati-butter (manteca de manati). manatee grass n. either of two grasslike marine aquatic plants (flowering underwater) occurring in shallow coastal waters of the Caribbean and south-eastern United States: (a) Thalassia testudinum (family Hydrocharitaceae), also called turtle-grass (rare); (b) Syringodium filiforme ( Cymodocea manatorum) (family Cymodoceaceae). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > algae > seaweed > [noun] > others manatee grass1696 pepper dulse1724 pipeweed1755 sea-beard1777 Iceland sea grass1809 Porphyra1836 nullipore1840 sea-thread1843 niggerhair1852 lucky minnie's lines1853 marine sauce1866 hijiki1951 1696 H. Sloane Catal. Plantarum in Jamaica 5 Alga Juncea,..Manati Grasse. 1871 C. Kingsley At Last I. i. 36 A bottom of white sand, bedded here and there with the short manati-grass. 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants 255/2 Thalassia testudinum, Manatu-grass [sic], Turtle-grass. 1924 Sci. Survey Porto Rico & Virgin Is. (N.Y. Acad. of Sciences) V. 12 Cymodocea manatorum... Shallow salt water, Porto Rico; Culebra; St. Thomas; St. Croix; St. Jan:—Florida; Mississippi; Louisiana; Jamaica; Bermuda to Cuba, Martinique and Curaçao. Manatee-grass. 1933 J. K. Small Man. Southeastern Flora 18 Manatee-grass... Coastal creeks and bays, Fla. to La. 1987 Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 100 1023 Two known species of free-living marine nematodes..are described from sediments vegetated with manatee grass (Syringodium filiformis [sic]) and shoal grass (Halodule wrightii)..from St. Andrew Bay, Bay County, Florida. † manatee-hide n. Obsolete rare a whip made from manatee leather. ΚΠ 1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. Index sig. E Thongs and Tholes for Boats, of Manatee-hide. 1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! xxv The driver applied the manati-hide across his loins, once, twice, with fearful force. manatee leather n. leather made from the hide of a manatee. ΚΠ 1832 W. Macgillivray Trav. & Researches A. von Humboldt xviii. 258 She..was scourged with straps of manatee leather. † manatee strap n. Obsolete a strap made of manatee leather. ΚΠ 1682 T. Amy Carolina 32 With one of these Manaty Strapps I have seen a Bar of Iron cut and dented. 1707 H. Sloane Voy. Islands I. p. lvii Beating with Manati Straps is thought too cruel, and therefore prohibited by the Customs of the Country. manatee-trap n. now rare a trap for harpooning manatees. ΚΠ 1883 C. A. Moloney W. Afr. Fisheries 27 Manatee-trap... Briefly described it is a harpoon of heavy wood tipped with iron, suspended by a string..from the cross-piece of a supporting wooden framework. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1555
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