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# dugong

noun (a dugong, dugongs)

«dugong» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A dugong is a large, gentle sea mammal with a whale-like tail that grazes on seagrass in warm shallow seas, like a sea cow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dugong/#m1)

### In the lessons

In science lessons on marine animals, endangered species and Australian wildlife; related to the manatee; old sailors' stories of mermaids may come from dugongs.

### Examples

- The dugong munched seagrass in the shallow water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dugong/#x1)
- Dugongs live in the seas around northern Australia. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dugong/#x2)
- A dugong is a mammal, so it breathes air. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dugong/#x3)
- Dugongs are protected because they are endangered. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dugong/#x4)
- Sailors may have mistaken dugongs for mermaids. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dugong/#x5)

### Note

Countable. It is a mammal, not a fish. Different from a manatee: a dugong has a fluked tail like a dolphin; a manatee has a round, paddle-like tail.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dugong» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dugong/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dugong» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dugong.html) on Mova free.