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Potorous

noun

potoroos

• Syn: ↑genus Potorous

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Potoroinae, ↑subfamily Potoroinae

• Member Meronyms: ↑potoroo

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\\ˌpäd.əˈrōəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from potoroo (native name in New South Wales)

: a genus of marsupial mammals comprising the common Australian rat kangaroos

Useful english dictionary. 2012.