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Definition: stellerine
steller
\stel"ler\, n. [After Geo. W. Steller, a German
naturalist.] (Zo["o]l.)
The rytina; -- called also
stellerine and
Steller's sea cow
. See
rytina.
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Steller's sea cow
\Stel“ler's sea” cow`\, prop. n. [After Geo.
W. Steller, a German naturalist.] (Zo["o]l.)
The rytina; -- called also
stellerine and
steller. See
rytina.
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Rytina
\Ryt"i*na\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. "ryti`s a wrinkle.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A genus of large edentulous sirenians, allied to the dugong
and manatee, including but one species (
Rytina Stelleri);
-- called also
Steller's sea cow,
stellerine and
steller. [Written also
Rhytina.]
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Note: It is now extinct, but was formerly abundant at
Bering's Island, near Bering's Straits. It was
twenty-five feet or more in length, with a thick,
blackish, naked skin. The last were killed in 1768 for
their oil and flesh.
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