how to pronounce manatee

/ˈmænəˌtiː/

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manatee is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of manatee in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… picture of a manatee or been seen one in …”

meanings of manatee

noun:

Any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae, found in tropical regions.

manatee frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word manatee occurs in english on average 0.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics manatee can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that manatee can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;