Sirenia
"Sirenia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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)
| Descriptor ID |
D020453
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.649.313.998
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