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sea cow

/ˈsiːˌkaʊ/

sea cow noun: synonym of sirenian.

sea cow: synonym of sirenian
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Noun

sea cow (plural sea cows)

  1. Synonym of sirenian.
    Synonyms:
    sirenian

sea cow meaning in Tamil

sea cow in Tamil

கடற்பசு

Synonyms of sea cow

Forms of sea cow

pluralsea cows
alternative formsea-cow
alternative formseacow

Origin of sea cow

By surface analysis, sea + cow. Cognate with Afrikaans seekoei, Danish søko, Dutch zeekoe and Middle Dutch seecoe, German Seekuh, Icelandic sækýr, Limburgish zieëków, Luxembourgish Séikou, Norwegian sjøku, Swedish sjöko.

Words formed from sea cow

Questions about sea cow

What does sea cow mean?
Sea cow means synonym of sirenian.
What is sea cow in Tamil?
Sea cow in Tamil is கடற்பசு. See Sea cow meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sea cow?
Sea cow is a noun.
How do you pronounce sea cow?
Sea cow is pronounced /ˈsiːˌkaʊ/.
What is the plural of sea cow?
The plural of sea cow is sea cows.

Words near sea cow in the dictionary

  1. sea cornet
  2. sea cornets
  3. sea couch grass
  4. sea coulter
  5. sea coulters
  6. sea cow
  7. sea cows
  8. sea cradle
  9. sea cradles
  10. sea crayfish
  11. sea crow

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: sea cow (page history and authors); sea cow (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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