# dugong

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈduɡɑŋ/ · frequency rank #96,960

## Definitions
1. A plant-eating aquatic marine mammal, of the species Dugong dugon, found in tropical regions.
2. Any animal of the family Dugongidae, of which the monotypic genus Dugong is the only extant kind.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Austronesian *duyuŋ
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duyuŋ
Cebuano dugongbor.
English dugong
Borrowed from Cebuano dugong.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/dugong