Steller's Sea Cow (Noun)
Meaning
Extinct large sirenian mammal formerly found near the Asiatic coast of the Bering Sea.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The steller's sea cow was discovered by the German naturalist Georg Steller in 1741 and became extinct just 27 years later due to overhunting.
- The steller's sea cow was a large marine mammal that lived in the waters around the Commander Islands in the Bering Sea.
- Historical records indicate that the steller's sea cow was a herbivore that fed on kelp and other marine vegetation.
- Steller's description of the steller's sea cow is the only scientific record of the species, as it was extinct by the time other scientists arrived on the scene.
- The steller's sea cow is considered one of the most fascinating and mysterious extinct species in the history of marine mammalogy.