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steller
The Collaborative International Dictionary
steller \stel"ler\, n. [After Geo. W. Steller, a German naturalist.] (Zo["o]l.) The rytina; -- called also stellerine and Steller's sea cow. See rytina.
Steller's sea cow \Stel"ler's sea" cow`\, prop. n. [After Geo. W. Steller, a German naturalist.] (Zo["o]l.) The rytina; -- called also stellerine and steller. See rytina.
Rytina \Ryt"i*na\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. "ryti`s a wrinkle.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of large edentulous sirenians, allied to the dugong and manatee, including but one species ( Rytina Stelleri); -- called also Steller's sea cow, stellerine and steller. [Written also Rhytina.]
Note: It is now extinct, but was formerly abundant at Bering's Island, near Bering's Straits. It was twenty-five feet or more in length, with a thick, blackish, naked skin. The last were killed in 1768 for their oil and flesh.
Wiktionary
n. Steller's sea cow, an extinct sirenian.
Wikipedia
Steller may refer to any of the following, all named after the botanist, zoologist, physician, and explorer Georg Wilhelm Steller:
Usage examples of "steller".
In Pug's previous visits hown no musical skill, but Steller played first violin quite well.
Guests in dinner clothes stood on the brink, the men laughing, the ladies giggling and shrieking- Down below other guests stood with the stellers, watching an elegantly dressed couple sliding down, the woman hysterical with laughter as her gireen silk dress pulled away from her gartered thighs.
The first expressed regret to the Stellers that, due to unforeseen official problems, he and Rhoda would not be coming back to Abendruh.
Pug also wrote the Stellers about this time that, if e invitation held, he and Rhoda would come back to Abendruh after all.