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Lamantin

Lamantin \La*man"tin\, n. [F. lamantin, lamentin, prob. from the name of the animal in the Antilles. Cf. Manater.] (Zo["o]l.) The manatee. [Written also lamentin, and lamantine.]

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lamantin

n. The manatee.

Usage examples of "lamantin".

When they wished to change their place, they took little jumps, made by the contraction of their bodies, and helped awkwardly enough by their imperfect fin, which, as with the lamantin, their cousins, forms a perfect forearm.