halicore

See also: Halicore

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls, “sea”) + κόρη (kórē, “girl, maiden”).

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /həˈlɪ.kə.ɹiː/

Noun

halicore (plural halicores)

1. (obsolete) The dugong.
   • 1849, Johann Jacob Kaup, Monograph of the Falconidæ

     I constitute the fourth order or stem of mammalia out of the suborders of Whales, Dolphins, Halicores, Seals, and Carnivoræ […]

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