Definitions for manatee

manatee man·a·tee

Spelling: [man-uh-tee, man-uh-tee]
IPA: /ˈmæn əˌti, ˌmæn əˈti/

Manatee is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 125 anagrams from letters in manatee (aaeemnt).

Definitions for manatee

noun

  1. any of several plant-eating aquatic mammals of the genus Trichechus, of West Indian, Floridian, and Gulf Coast waters, having two flippers in front and a broad, spoon-shaped tail: all species are endangered.

Origin of manatee

1545-55; Spanish manatí Carib, but associated with Latin manātus provided with hands

Examples for manatee

When a manatee was killed, the hide was stripped away, and hung to dry.

Squier and Davis, who first figured it, supposed it to represent a manatee, or sea-cow.

I wonder if Bob has any idea of the size of a manatee or sea-cow?

And she told of getting the motor boat away from the manatee.

Unfortunately, the citizens of manatee are not as progressive as hospitable.

You say that you first met Rufus Shepley aboard the manatee?

Isle of Batts, very large; and numerous Turtles and manatee.

It was not a manatee of any size, for it only measured about three feet long.

The manatee feeds on the grass growing at the borders of the lakes and rivers.

The manatee ranges from the mouth of the Amazon to the upper waters.

Word Value for manatee
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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