potoroo

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English

Potorous tridactylus (long-nosed potoroo)
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Probably from Dharug badaru.

Noun

potoroo (plural potoroos)

  1. Any species of the genus Potorous of the rat kangaroo family Potoroidae, endemic to Australia.
    • 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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