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manati


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Manatee  \Man`a*tee"\,  n.  [Sp.  manat['i],  from  the  native  name  in 
  Hayti.  Cf  {Lamantin}.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  Any  species  of  {Trichechus},  a  genus  of  sirenians;  --  called 
  also{sea  cow}.  [Written  also  {manaty},  {manati}.] 
 
  Note:  One  species  ({Trichechus  Senegalensis})  inhabits  the 
  west  coast  of  Africa;  another  ({T.  Americanus}) 
  inhabits  the  east  coast  of  South  America,  and  the 
  West-Indies.  The  Florida  manatee  ({T.  latirostris})  is 
  by  some  considered  a  distinct  species,  by  others  it  is 
  thought  to  be  a  variety  of  {T.  Americanus}.  It 
  sometimes  becomes  fifteen  feet  or  more  in  length,  and 
  lives  both  in  fresh  and  salt  water.  It  is  hunted  for 
  its  oil  and  flesh.