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SUBFAMILY POTOROINAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does subfamily Potoroinae mean? 

SUBFAMILY POTOROINAE (noun)
  The noun SUBFAMILY POTOROINAE has 1 sense:

1. rat kangaroosplay

  Familiarity information: SUBFAMILY POTOROINAE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SUBFAMILY POTOROINAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Rat kangaroos

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Potoroinae; subfamily Potoroinae

Hypernyms ("subfamily Potoroinae" is a kind of...):

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "subfamily Potoroinae"):

kangaroo rat; rat kangaroo (any of several rabbit-sized ratlike Australian kangaroos)

genus Potorous; Potorous (potoroos)

Bettongia; genus Bettongia (jerboa kangaroo)

Holonyms ("subfamily Potoroinae" is a member of...):

family Macropodidae; Macropodidae (kangaroos; wallabies)


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