Sirenia, order Sirenia
(noun) an animal order including: manatees; dugongs; Steller’s sea cow
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Si*re"ni*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: An order of large aquatic herbivorous mammals, including the manatee, dugong, rytina, and several fossil genera.
Note: The hind limbs are either rudimentary or wanting, and the front ones are changed to paddles. They have horny plates on the front part of the jaws, and usually flat-crowned molar teeth. The stomach is complex and the intestine long, as in other herbivorous mammals. See Cetacea (b).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 May 2025
(noun) excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
