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Definition of Rat kangaroo
1. Noun. Any of several rabbit-sized ratlike Australian kangaroos.
Generic synonyms: Kangaroo
Group relationships: Potoroinae, Subfamily Potoroinae
Specialized synonyms: Potoroo, Bettong, Jerboa Kangaroo, Kangaroo Jerboa
Definition of Rat kangaroo
1. Noun. Any of several small marsupials, of the family ''Potoroidae'', from coastal Australia ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rat Kangaroo
Literary usage of Rat kangaroo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases and Usages with by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"... the animal the Rat-Kangaroo (see quotation, 1894), but the name Kangaroo-Rat
is now so well- established that it does not seem possible to supersede it ..."
2. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"... the Rat-Kangaroo (see quotation, 1894), but the name Kangaroo-Rat is now so
well- established that it does not seem possible to supersede it by the, ..."
3. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology (1907)
"THE MICROSCOPICAL ANATOMY OF THE GENITAL TRACT IN THE rat kangaroo (FEMALE). ...
rat kangaroo (female genital tract). ?. Shows ureter and corner of bladder ..."
4. A Geographical History of Mammals by Richard Lydekker (1896)
"... while during the Secondary and earlier part of the Tertiary period the former
were widely FlG. 2. SKULL OF RAT-KANGAROO. ..."
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