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Petrogale

noun

rock wallabies

• Syn: ↑genus Petrogale

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Macropodidae, ↑family Macropodidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑rock wallaby, ↑rock kangaroo

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\\pə.ˈträgəˌlē\ noun

Etymology: New Latin, from petr- + Greek galē weasel, ferret — more at galea

1. capitalized : a genus of marsupial mammals consisting of the rock wallabies

2. -s : rock wallaby

Useful english dictionary. 2012.