Trichechidae (Noun)
Meaning
Comprising only the manatees.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The family Trichechidae consists of three species of manatees and is further divided into three genera.
- Trichechidae is an aquatic mammalian family comprising only the manatees found in tropical waters.
- There are only three species within the family Trichechidae, specifically the West Indian, Amazonian, and West African manatee.
- The order Sirenia contains only two families, the dugongs belonging to the Dugongidae and manatees to Trichechidae.
- Trichechidae is a small family of slow-moving aquatic mammals that includes the three species of manatees.