Preferred Label : sirenia;
MeSH definition : An order of heavy-bodied, slow-moving, completely aquatic, herbivorous mammals. The
body is fusiform, plump, and hairless, except for bristles on the snout. Hindlimbs
are absent, the forelimbs are modified to flippers, and the tail is a horizontal fluke.
(From Scott, Concise Encyclopedia Biology, 1996);
Wikipedia automatic translation : Siren (mythology);
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siren (mythology);
UNII : txid9774;
Origin ID : D020453;
UMLS CUI : C0325146;
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An order of heavy-bodied, slow-moving, completely aquatic, herbivorous mammals. The
body is fusiform, plump, and hairless, except for bristles on the snout. Hindlimbs
are absent, the forelimbs are modified to flippers, and the tail is a horizontal fluke.
(From Scott, Concise Encyclopedia Biology, 1996)