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potoroo
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potoroo [ˌpɒtəˈruː]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for kangaroo rat
[from a native Australian language]
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Noun1.potoroo - Australian rat kangaroospotoroo - Australian rat kangaroos            
rat kangaroo, kangaroo rat - any of several rabbit-sized ratlike Australian kangaroos
genus Potorous, Potorous - potoroos
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Wombats, quolls, potoroos, little penguins, giant lobsters and pademelons all populate the pages of this eco-adventure with Brooklyn nature writers Margaret Mittelbach and Michael Crewdson, but it's the elusive, thought-to-be-extinct Tasmanian tiger (or thylacine) they track that is at the mysterious center of it all.
Tiger tracks by Belli, Brita / E
How could I not be content here on this farmland in my isolation, with birds and bees and trees unlimited and all the wonderful annoyances such as potoroos and possums devouring any of my unprotected fruit and vegies?
BACK INTO THE WOODS by ROBERTS, BARNEY / Arena Magazine
`In contrast, potoroos, bettongs and other "rat kangaroos" have an enlarged stomach, full of the necessary bacteria.
Fungi, fast food of the forest by Bennett, Bryony / Ecos
 
 
 
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