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potoroo
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun potoroo has 1 sense
- potoroo(n = noun.animal) Array - Australian rat kangaroos; Array is a kind of kangaroo rat, rat kangaroo
is a member of genus potorous, potorous
CIDE DICTIONARY
potoroo, n.
Any small kangaroo belonging to Hypsiprymnus , Bettongia , and allied genera, native of Australia and Tasmania. Called also kangaroo rat . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
potoroo, n. Austral. any small marsupial of the genus Potorus, native to Australia and Tasmania; a rat kangaroo.
Etymology
Aboriginal
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