family dugongidae

English Thesaurus

1. a family of mammals of order Sirenia including dugongs and Steller's sea cow (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	mammal family,
definition	:	a family of mammals (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus dugong,
definition	:	type genus of the Dugongidae comprising only the dugongs (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus hydrodamalis, hydrodamalis,
definition	:	a genus of the family Dugongidae comprising only Steller's sea cow (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	order sirenia, sirenia,
definition	:	an animal order including: manatees; dugongs; Steller's sea cow (noun.animal)