Manatí

[ mah-nah-tee ]

/ mɑ nɑˈti /

noun

a city in N Puerto Rico.

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decorum

the act of or need for making up one's mind.

dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.

a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.

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Example sentences from the Web for manati

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
The flesh of the manati is much esteemed, and tastes somewhat between beef and pork, altogether different from “fish.”
The Forest Exiles|Mayne Reid
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
These were the “calves” in the act of suckling, for such is the mode in which the manati nourishes her young.
The Forest Exiles|Mayne Reid

This manati was for long a joy to the whole island, and many natives and Christians daily visited this animal.
De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2)|Trans. by Francis Augustus MacNutt

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