'kangaroo rat' definitions:

Definition of 'kangaroo rat'

(from WordNet)
noun
Any of various leaping rodents of desert regions of North America and Mexico; largest members of the family Heteromyidae [syn: kangaroo rat, desert rat, Dipodomys phillipsii]
noun
Any of several rabbit-sized ratlike Australian kangaroos [syn: rat kangaroo, kangaroo rat]

Definition of 'kangaroo rat'

From: GCIDE
  • Potoroo \Po`to*roo"\, n. (Zool.) Any small kangaroo belonging to Hypsiprymnus, Bettongia, and allied genera, native of Australia and Tasmania. Called also kangaroo rat. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'kangaroo rat'

From: GCIDE
  • kangaroo rat \kangaroo rat\ n. (Zool.) A jumping rodent of the genus Dipodomys of the family Heteromyidae, which lives in arid regions of Mexico and the western U. S. [PJC]
  • 2. (Zool.) An Australian mammal of the genus Notomys. [PJC]
  • 3. (Zool.) a small ratlike Australian kangaroo of the genus Potorous, also called the potoroo. [PJC]

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