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SIRENIENS [4 records]

Record 1 2016-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
DEF

[A] product that originated from a bird or from any mammal except a member of the order Rodentia, Cetacea, Pinnipedia and Sirenia ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
DEF

Produit provenant d’un oiseau ou d’un mammifère, à l'exception des rongeurs, des cétacés, des pinnipèdes et des siréniens.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industria alimentaria
OBS

producto de origen animal: término proveniente del Código Zoosanitario Internacional, 2002.

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Record 2 2016-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

An herbivorous aquatic mammal, of the Red Sea and Indian Ocean, having a barrel-shaped body, flipper-like forelimbs, no hind limbs, and a triangular tail.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Mammifère marin de l'ordre des siréniens, herbivore, propre à l'océan indien. Famille des dugongidés.

Spanish

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Record 3 2001-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
DEF

Any of several plant-eating aquatic mammals of the genus Trichechus, of West Indian, Floridian, and Gulf Coast waters, having two flippers in front and a broad, spoon-shaped tail.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
DEF

Mammifère aquatique vivant dans les eaux côtières de l'Atlantique tropical et dans les fleuves qui s’y jettent. Genre trichechus; famille des trichéchidés, ordre des siréniens.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mamíferos
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Record 4 1978-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

an order of large aquatic herbivorous mammals including the manatee, dugong, Steller's sea cow, and several fossil forms (...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Ordre de mammifères, comprenant les lamantins, les dugongs et les rhytines, aujourd’hui disparues.

Spanish

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