BETTONGIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bettongia mean? 

• BETTONGIA (noun)
  The noun BETTONGIA has 1 sense:

1. jerboa kangaroo

  Familiarity information: BETTONGIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BETTONGIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Jerboa kangaroo

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Bettongia; genus Bettongia

Hypernyms ("Bettongia" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Bettongia"):

bettong (short-nosed rat kangaroo)

jerboa kangaroo; kangaroo jerboa (brush-tailed rat kangaroo)

Holonyms ("Bettongia" is a member of...):

Potoroinae; subfamily Potoroinae (rat kangaroos)