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Image:29es.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Trichechus manatus
Category:Mammals

Etymology
Spanish manatí, from a Carib language.

Pronunciation
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Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-æn�ti|-æn�ti

Noun
manatee (plural: manatees)

1. Any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae, found in tropical regions.

Synonyms
lamantin, sea cow

Translations

Carib: jarawa
Dutch: zeekoe f, lamantijn m
Esperanto: manato
French: lamantin m
German: Manati m
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Japanese: ���� (����, manati)
Latin: manatus m
Polish: manat m
Russian: ламан�ин (lamantín) m
Spanish: manatí m

See also
dugong
mermaid
siren

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