The Collaborative International Dictionary
Halicore
Halicore \Hal"i*core\ (h[a^]l"[i^]*k[=o]r; L. h[.a]*l[i^]k"[-o]*r[=e]), n. [NL., fr. Gr. "a`ls sea + ko`rh maiden.] Same as Dugong.
Wiktionary
halicore
n. (context obsolete English) The dugong.
Usage examples of "halicore".
The Manatee inhabits the African and American coasts, along the west coast of the former continent, and in the bays, inlets, and rivers of tropical America, but the one with which we have to do is the dugong or halicore, of which the distribution is rather widespread, from the Red Sea and East African coasts to the west coast of Australia.
Weasels, squirrels, polecats, porcupines, and other small animals exist in numbers, and the mermaid, of the genus Halicore, connects the inhabitants of the land and water.