sea cow
any sirenian, as the manatee or dugong.
Obsolete. the hippopotamus.
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How to use sea cow in a sentence
Couldn't they understand the difference between the muscles of a hunting leopard and the bulk of a sea-cow?
The Wind Bloweth | Brian Oswald Donn-ByrneThis was the famous sea-cow described by the enthusiastic Steller, but long since extinct.
Vikings of the Pacific | Agnes C. LautThe upper part was calked with tallow of the sea-cow, the under with tar from the old hull.
Vikings of the Pacific | Agnes C. LautWhile we lay here our Mosquito men went in their canoe and struck some sea-cow.
The World's Greatest Books, Volume 19 | VariousThe few lines marked F represent the reflection of the sea-cow in the water.
Harper's Young People, April 6, 1880 | Various
British Dictionary definitions for sea cow
any sirenian mammal, such as a dugong or manatee
an archaic name for walrus
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