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Kangaroo rat   /kˌæŋgərˈu ræt/   Listen
Kangaroo rat

noun
1.
Any of various leaping rodents of desert regions of North America and Mexico; largest members of the family Heteromyidae.  Synonyms: desert rat, Dipodomys phillipsii.
2.
Any of several rabbit-sized ratlike Australian kangaroos.  Synonym: rat kangaroo.



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... to which the weet-weet or kangaroo-rat can be thrown is truly astonishing. I have seen an Australian stand at one side of Kennington Oval and throw the kangaroo rat completely across it." (Width of Kensington Oval not stated.) "It darts through the air with the sharp and menacing hiss of a rifle-ball, its greatest height from the ground being some seven or eight feet . . . . . . When properly thrown it looks just like a living animal ...
— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain


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