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manatee definition

mana·tee (man′ə tē′, man′ə tē′)

noun

any of a family (Trichechidae) of sirenians living in shallow tropical waters near the coasts of North and South America and W Africa; sea cow

Etymology: Sp manatí < native (Carib) name

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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