Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Dugong

Dugong (du*gog") , noun

[Malayan dūyōng, or Javan. duyung.]

(Zoology) An aquatic herbivorous mammal (Halicore dugong), of the order Sirenia, allied to the manatee, but with a bilobed tail. It inhabits the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, East Indies, and Australia.