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RAT KANGAROO
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several rabbit-sized ratlike Australian kangaroos
Synonyms:
kangaroo rat; rat kangaroo
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("rat kangaroo" is a kind of...):
kangaroo (any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful hind legs and a long thick tail)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rat kangaroo"):
potoroo (Australian rat kangaroos)
bettong (short-nosed rat kangaroo)
jerboa kangaroo; kangaroo jerboa (brush-tailed rat kangaroo)
Holonyms ("rat kangaroo" is a member of...):
Potoroinae; subfamily Potoroinae (rat kangaroos)
