manatee

English

Trichechus manatus

Etymology

From Spanish manatí, from a Cariban language.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: mănʹə-tēˊ, IPA: /ˈmæn.əˌtiː/, X-SAMPA: /"m{n.@%ti:/
• Rhymes: -ænəti

Noun

manatee (plural manatees or manatee)

1. Any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae, found in tropical regions.

   There are no manatees in Armenia.

Synonyms

• lamantin, sea cow

Translations

any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae

• Albanian: lopë deti (sq)
• Armenian: լամանտին (hy) (lamantin) 
• Carib: jarawa
• Cherokee: ᎹᎾᏘ (chr) (manati)
• Dutch: zeekoe f, lamantijn m
• Esperanto: manato (eo)
• Finnish: manaatti (fi)
• French: lamantin (fr) m
• German: Manati m

• Japanese: マナティ (まなてぃ, manati)
• Latin: manatus (la) m
• Navajo: béégashiitsoh naʼałkǫ́ǫ́ʼígíí
• Polish: manat (pl) m
• Portuguese: peixe-boi (pt) m, manati (pt) m, manatim (pt) m
• Romanian: lamantin (ro) m
• Russian: ламантин (ru) (lamantín) m 
• Spanish: manatí (es) m
• Swedish: sjöko (sv) c

See also

• Manatee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• dugong
• mermaid
• sea cow
• siren

Anagrams

• emanate, enemata