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Sirenian

Any species of Sirenia.

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Dugong 76% connected

An aquatic herbivorous mammal (Halicore dugong), of the order Sirenia, allied to the manatee, but with a bilobed tail. It inhabits the Red Sea, India…

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Manatee 76% connected

Any species of Trichechus, a genus of sirenians; -- called alsosea cow.

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Sea cow 92% connected

The mantee.

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Actinozoan noun · 86% connection

sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed

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Anapsid noun · 86% connection

primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull; all extinct except turtles

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Anapsid reptile noun · 86% connection

primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull; all extinct except turtles

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Arachnid noun · 86% connection

air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs

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Arachnoid noun · 86% connection

air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs

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Arthropod noun · 86% connection

invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin

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Asian horseshoe crab noun · 86% connection

horseshoe crab of the coast of eastern Asia

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Centipede noun · 86% connection

chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs, the foremost pair being…

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Class Merostomata noun · 86% connection

used in some classifications; includes the orders Xiphosura and Eurypterida

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Cnidarian noun · 86% connection

radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp a…

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Coelenterate noun · 86% connection

radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp a…

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Diapsid noun · 86% connection

reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye

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Diapsid reptile noun · 86% connection

reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye

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Diapsida noun · 86% connection

used in former classifications to include all living reptiles except turtles; superseded by the two subclasses Lepidosauria and Archos…

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Eurypterid noun · 86% connection

large extinct scorpion-like arthropod considered related to horseshoe crabs

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Eutherian noun · 86% connection

mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials

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Eutherian mammal noun · 86% connection

mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials

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False scorpion noun · 86% connection

small nonvenomous arachnid resembling a tailless scorpion

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Acacia noun · 78% connection

A genus of leguminous trees and shrubs. Nearly 300 species are Australian or Polynesian, and have terete or vertically compressed leaf…

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Alligator noun · 78% connection

A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile family, peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader snout than the crocodile, and t…

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Analogue noun · 78% connection

A species or genus in one country closely related to a species of the same genus, or a genus of the same group, in another: such speci…

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Argus noun · 78% connection

A genus of East Indian pheasants. The common species (A. giganteus) is remarkable for the great length and beauty of the wing and tail…

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Astragalus noun · 78% connection

A genus of papilionaceous plants, of the tribe Galegeae, containing numerous species, two of which are called, in English, milk vetch…

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Atherine noun · 78% connection

A small marine fish of the family Atherinidae, having a silvery stripe along the sides. The European species (Atherina presbyter) is u…

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Badger noun · 78% connection

A carnivorous quadruped of the genus Meles or of an allied genus. It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick legs, and long claws on…

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Basking shark unknown · 78% connection

One of the largest species of sharks (Cetorhinus maximus), so called from its habit of basking in the sun; the liver shark, or bone sh…

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Blueberry noun · 78% connection

The berry of several species of Vaccinium, an ericaceous genus, differing from the American huckleberries in containing numerous minut…

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Botfly noun · 78% connection

A dipterous insect of the family (Estridae, of many different species, some of which are particularly troublesome to domestic animals,…

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Brant noun · 78% connection

A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) -- called also brent and brand goose. The name is also applied to other related species.

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Breeze fly noun · 78% connection

A fly of various species, of the family Tabanidae, noted for buzzing about animals, and tormenting them by sucking their blood; -- cal…

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