| 单词 | west indian manatee |
| 释义 | > as lemmasWest Indian manatee West Indian manatee n. a large manatee, Trichechus manatus, found in coastal waters and adjacent rivers in the Caribbean and West Atlantic from Georgia to Brazil; also called American manatee, southern manatee.This species comprises the Antillean manatee and the Florida manatee, often regarded as subspecies. ΚΠ 1864 Nat. Hist. Rev. 4 263 A careful examination of the neck-vertebræ of a fine skeleton of a West Indian Manatee (Manatus americanus). 1894 Amer. Naturalist 28 523 West Indian Manatee, Trichechus manatus Linnæus... Trichechus is only applicable to the Manatee. 1968 Chesapeake Sci. 9 64/1 I have never seen any data showing that the Florida manatee and the West Indian manatee are subspecifically distinct. 2002 G. M. Eberhart Mysterious Creatures I. 326/1 Van Battenberg's animals are almost certainly the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus ), often seen at the mouths of Guyanese rivers. < as lemmas |
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