Images on some Florida license plates (8)

I believe the answer is:

manatees

(Other definitions for manatees that I've seen before include "Water creatures" , "Sirenians" , "Large plant-eating mammals of tropical waters" , "Men at sea (anag) - aquatic mammals" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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