'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]