different between mammal vs dugong

English

Etymology

Modern Latin Mammalia, coined 1758 by Linnaeus for the class of mammals, from neuter plural of Late Latin mammalis (“of the breast”), from Latin mamma (“breast”), perhaps cognate with mamma (mother).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?mæm?l/
• Hyphenation: mam?mal

Noun

mammal (plural mammals)

1. An animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by being warm-blooded, having hair and producing milk with which to feed its young.
2. (paleontology) A vertebrate with three bones in the inner ear and one in the jaw.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:mammal

Derived terms

Related terms

• mammarial
• mammary

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Cebuano dugong.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: doo??g?ng, IPA^(key): /?du???/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: dyoo??g?ng, IPA^(key): /?dju????/

Noun

dugong (plural dugongs)

1. A plant-eating aquatic marine mammal, of the genus Dugong, found in tropical regions.

   Synonyms: sea cow, sea pig

Descendants

• ? Finnish: dugongi
• ? French: dugong
• ? Indonesian: dugong
• ? Italian: dugongo
• ? Malay: dugong
• ? Portuguese: dugongo
• Torres Strait Creole: dugong

Translations

See also

• manatee

Anagrams

• gun dog, gundog

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• dugung

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: du?gong

Noun

dugong

1. a dugong

Descendants

• ? English: dugong
  • ? Finnish: dugongi
  • ? French: dugong
  • ? Indonesian: dugong
  • ? Italian: dugongo
  • ? Malay: dugong
  • ? Portuguese: dugongo
  • Torres Strait Creole: dugong

French

Etymology

From English dugong, from Cebuano dugong.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dy.????/, /dy.???/

Noun

dugong m (plural dugongs)

1. dugong

Further reading

• “dugong” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• duyung

Etymology

From English dugong, from Cebuano dugong.

Noun

dugong (first-person possessive dugongku, second-person possessive dugongmu, third-person possessive dugongnya)

1. dugong (Dugong dugon)

Synonyms

• babi duyung
• ikan duyung

Malay

Alternative forms

• duyung / ??????

Etymology

From English dugong, from Cebuano dugong.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /du?o?/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /du???/
• Rhymes: -u?o?, -?o?, -o?

Noun

dugong (Jawi spelling ??????, plural dugong-dugong, informal 1st possessive dugongku, impolite 2nd possessive dugongmu, 3rd possessive dugongnya)

1. dugong (Dugong dugon)

Synonyms

• babi duyung / ???? ??????
• ikan duyung / ???? ??????

Further reading

• “dugong” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English dugong, from Cebuano dugong.

Noun

dugong m (definite singular dugongen, indefinite plural dugonger, definite plural dugongene)

1. a dugong

References

• “dugong” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English dugong, from Cebuano dugong.

Noun

dugong m (definite singular dugongen, indefinite plural dugongar, definite plural dugongane)

1. a dugong

Tagalog

Noun

dugong

1. dugong

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From English dugong, from Cebuano dugong.

Noun

dugong

1. dugong, Dugong dugon

Synonyms

• dhangal (western dialect)