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  Huerta, Jerónimo Gómez de
  1624
Historia natural de Cayo Plinio Secundo....
Madrid: 434 leaves.
–Manatee material based on Gómara, fol. 230 recto, fol. 432 ff.; reprinted by Durand (1983: 148-149). According to Durand, Huerta here coined the term "manato", an inadvertent combination of the proper name "Mato" with "manatí" that was quoted by several later authors.

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