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Kangaroo rat   Listen
noun
kangaroo rat  n.  (Zool.)
1.
A jumping rodent of the genus Dipodomys of the family Heteromyidae, which lives in arid regions of Mexico and the western U. S.
2.
(Zool.) An Australian mammal of the genus Notomys.
3.
(Zool.) A small ratlike Australian kangaroo of the genus Potorous, also called the potoroo.





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"Kangaroo rat" Quotes from Famous Books



... 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


Words linked to "Kangaroo rat" :   rat kangaroo, genus Dipodomys, Dipodomys ordi, Dipodomys phillipsii, pocket rat, Ord kangaroo rat, bettong, kangaroo jerboa, subfamily Potoroinae, jerboa kangaroo


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