potoroo
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[edit]Noun
[edit]potoroo (plural potoroos)
- Any species of the genus Potorous of the rat kangaroo family Potoroidae, endemic to Australia. [from 18th c.]
- 1998, Terence Lindsey, Mammals of Australia, New Holland, published 2004, page 41:
- Potoroos resemble bettongs, both in size and lifestyle, but the potoroos have a more tapered head and pointed snout, a less robust build and a shorter tail.
- 2001, Richard Flanagan, Gould's Book of Fish, Vintage, published 2016, page 368:
- A black man with his back turned to me was putting three potaroos on the fire to cook.
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[edit]marsupial of the genus Potorous
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