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Definition of Dugongs

Dugong
Dugong Du*gong", n. [Malayan d?y?ng, or Javan. duyung.] (Zo["o]l.) An aquatic herbivorous mammal (Halicore dugong), of the order Sirenia, allied to the manatee, but with a bilobed tail. It inhabits the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, East Indies, and Australia. [Written also duyong.]

Meaning of Dugongs from wikipedia

- dugong feeding. This behavior is known as cultivation grazing and favors the rapidly growing, higher nutrient seagr****es that dugongs prefer. Dugongs...
- to bulk feeding, dugongs target high-nitrogen gr****es to maximize nutrient intake, and, although predominantly herbivorous, dugongs will occasionally...
- 1993 allows for traditional owners to hunt both turtles and dugongs. Hunting of dugongs for their flesh and oil which was exported to Europe for medicinal...
- Dugong Buhay (International title: Raging Blood / transl. Living Blood) is a 2013 Philippine television drama series broadcast by ABS-CBN. The series based...
- for individual dugongs is determined from 24° to 34.2 °C. Heart rate readings are from 40 to 96 bpm and vary between individual dugongs. Respiration rate...
- Dugong Beach Lodge Airstrip (IATA: DGK) is an airport serving Dugong Beach Lodge, Inhambane Province, Mozambique. Africa portal Aviation portal List of...
- Children and Young Adult Literature portal Ishmael and the Return of the Dugongs is a fiction book by Michael Gerard Bauer, released in 2007. It is the...
- habitat for the species, hosting some 7,500 remaining dugongs. However, the current number of dugongs is dwindling, and it is not clear how many are currently...
- paddle-shaped, and is the clearest visible difference between manatees and dugongs; a dugong tail is fluked, similar in shape to that of a whale. The manatee is...
- Retrieved 15 March 2012. "Dugongs and Turtles". Archived from the original on 11 June 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2014. "Turtle and dugong footage causes controversy"...