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Definition of Sirenian

Sirenian
Sirenian Si*re"ni*an, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any species of Sirenia.

Meaning of Sirenian from wikipedia

- The Sirenia (/saɪˈriːni.ə/), commonly referred to as sea cows or sirenians, are an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that inhabit swamps, rivers...
- only group of herbivorous mammals to have become completely aquatic. Sirenians are thought to have a 50-million-year-old fossil record (early Eocene-recent)...
- with whom the band recorded the album An Elixir for Existence and the EP Sirenian S****s. The band signed with Nuclear Blast in May 2005. In November 2005...
- Sirenian S****s is an EP by the Norwegian gothic metal band Sirenia. It was released on 11 October 2004 by Napalm Records. It is the last work recorded...
- Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas) is an extinct sirenian described by Georg Wilhelm Steller in 1741. At that time, it was found only around the Commander...
- Trichechidae is a family of sirenians that includes all living manatees and several extinct genera. Trichechidae †Miosireninae †Anomotherium †Anomotherium...
- of their Sirenian Choir. She contributed with lead vocals on a cover of Leonard Cohen "First We Take Manhattan", included in the EP Sirenian S****s (2004)...
- adipose tissue under the skin of all cetaceans, pinnipeds, penguins, and sirenians. It was present in many marine reptiles, such as ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs...
- family of extinct sirenians from Jamaica, related to the extant manatees and dugong. The family includes the oldest known fossils of Sirenians, represented...
- was hunted to extinction in the 18th century. The dugong is the only sirenian in its range, which spans the waters of some 40 countries and territories...