sea cow

noun

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These gentle sea cows need to eat up to 100 pounds of vegetation a day, which is why between December 2020 and April 2022, more than 1,200 manatees starved to death, mostly in the northern part of the lagoon. Jade Walker, CNN Money, 1 May 2025 Here, each sea cow had a blood sample taken along with measurements, photos and a small digital tag inserted into its body. Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2025 Along the way, various other species also breathed their last: woolly mammoths, Irish elk, dodos, carrier pigeons, Steller’s sea cows, great auks, thylacines (Tasmanian tigers). D. T. Max, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025 The effort to better understand Florida’s sea cows is featured in episode 11 of this show, which airs on CBS April 26 and includes a segment on eelgrass planting in Crystal River. Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sea cow

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First Known Use

1613, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sea cow was in 1613

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“Sea cow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sea%20cow. Accessed 20 May. 2025.

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