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rat kangaroo
  1. any of several ratlike kangaroos of the genera Bettongia, Potorous, Aepyprymnus, etc, found on the Australian mainland and in Tasmania
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
rat-kan•ga•roo  (rat′kang′gə ro̅o̅′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -roos. 
  1. Mammalsany of several rabbit-sized, ratlike Australian kangaroos of the subfamily Potoroinae.
  • 1840–50

'rat kangaroo' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
kangaroo - kangaroo rat - rat-kangaroo - tungo

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