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• potaroo

語源

Borrowed from Dharug buduru.

名詞

potoroo (plural potoroos)

1. Any small marsupial of the genus Potorous, endemic to Australia. [from 18th c.]
   • 1998, Terence Lindsey, Mammals of Australia, New Holland, published 2004, page 41:

     Potoroos resemble bettongs, both in size and lifestyle, but the potoroos have a more tapered head and pointed snout, a less robust build and a shorter tail.

   • 2001, Richard Flanagan, Gould's Book of Fish, Vintage, published 2016, page 368:

     A black man with his back turned to me was putting three potaroos on the fire to cook.

派生語

Further reading

• potoroo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia