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Definition of manatee noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

manatee

noun
 
/ˈmænətiː/
 
/ˈmænətiː/
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  1. a large water animal with front legs and a strong tail but no back legs that lives along the Atlantic coasts of West Africa and North and South America see also sea cowTopics Animalsc2
    Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Spanish manati, from Carib manáti.
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