lamantin
(ləˈmæntɪn)
Also 8–9 lamentine, lamentin, 9 lamantine.
[a. F. lamantin, lamentin.]
The manatee.
| 1666 J. Davies tr. Rochefort's Caribby Isl. i. xvii. 103 A certain fish by the French called Lamantin, by the Spaniards Namantin and Manaty. Ibid. 300 Their not eating of salt, Swines-flesh, Tortoises, and Lamantin. 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Lamentine. 1762 Gentl. Mag. 208 Tortoises also and lamantins are found here in great plenty [in Granada]. 1797 Naval Chron. VII. 333 The lamentin (sea-cow or manattee). 1827 G. Higgins Celtic Druids 138 The bones of mammiferous sea animals namely, of the Lamentin and of seals. 1865 Lubbock Preh. Times viii. (1869) 250 The Manatee or Lamantin. |