What is "stellerine"

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.

n. steller; a kind of sea cow