Manatí

[ mah-nah-tee ]

/ mɑ nɑˈti /

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a city in N Puerto Rico.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

The manati is not peculiar to the Amazon river, being not less common in the Oronooko.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume IX (of 10)|Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon
It is known as the Manati, and the Portuguese call it “peixe boi,” which is only “fish-cow” done into Portuguese.
Popular Adventure Tales|Mayne Reid
No real whales: but the Manati, which is very nearly a whale, has long bristly hair left.
Madam How and Lady Why|Charles Kingsley
All trustworthy observations indicate that the manati has not the power of voluntarily leaving the water.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 5|Various

Binger states that the manati was the totem of the Mande group, to which perhaps belonged originally the Susu and the Dyula.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 5|Various