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NAIL-TAILED KANGAROO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nail-tailed kangaroo mean? 

NAIL-TAILED KANGAROO (noun)
  The noun NAIL-TAILED KANGAROO has 1 sense:

1. small wallabies with a horny nail on the tip of the tailplay

  Familiarity information: NAIL-TAILED KANGAROO used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NAIL-TAILED KANGAROO (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small wallabies with a horny nail on the tip of the tail

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

nail-tailed kangaroo; nail-tailed wallaby

Hypernyms ("nail-tailed kangaroo" is a kind of...):

brush kangaroo; wallaby (any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos; often brightly colored)

Holonyms ("nail-tailed kangaroo" is a member of...):

genus Onychogalea; Onychogalea (a genus of Macropodidae)


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