manatee

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One of the men said that the manatee was about 5 to 7 feet long, the newspaper reported.

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  1. noun Any of various herbivorous aquatic mammals of the genus Trichechus, having paddlelike front flippers and a horizontally flattened tail and found in warm coastal waters of Florida, northern South America, West Africa, and the Caribbean.

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  • One of the men said that the manatee was about 5 to 7 feet long, the newspaper reported. —  TheBostonChannel.com - News
  • Anyone who spots the manatee is urged to call 978-551-0152. —  TheBostonChannel.com - News
  • He and Rothwell knew right away what it was: a manatee, a tropical species rarely found north of Florida, and never found in Cape Cod Bay. —  Cryptomundo
  • Burke believed the men's report was a credible sighting and that this manatee might be the same one that was seen in the Taunton River in Fall River Sept. 18. —  Cryptomundo
  • The former Brave and current beached manatee, albeit a rich manatee, will be free to go wherever he wants. —  LAist
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  1. Spanish manatí, from Cariban manati·.

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  1. Also maniti, manitin (and lamantin); = French manate, manat (Cotgrave) (and lamantin), New Latin manatus; from Spanish manatí, of Haytian (West Indian) manati, said to mean ‘big beaver.’
 

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