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POTOROO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does potoroo mean?
• POTOROO (noun)
The noun POTOROO has 1 sense:
1. Australian rat kangaroos
Familiarity information: POTOROO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Australian rat kangaroos
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("potoroo" is a kind of...):
kangaroo rat; rat kangaroo (any of several rabbit-sized ratlike Australian kangaroos)
Holonyms ("potoroo" is a member of...):
genus Potorous; Potorous (potoroos)
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