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POTOROINAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Potoroinae mean?
• POTOROINAE (noun)
The noun POTOROINAE has 1 sense:
1. rat kangaroos
Familiarity information: POTOROINAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rat kangaroos
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Potoroinae; subfamily Potoroinae
Hypernyms ("Potoroinae" is a kind of...):
mammal family (a family of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Potoroinae"):
kangaroo rat; rat kangaroo (any of several rabbit-sized ratlike Australian kangaroos)
genus Potorous; Potorous (potoroos)
Bettongia; genus Bettongia (jerboa kangaroo)
Holonyms ("Potoroinae" is a member of...):
family Macropodidae; Macropodidae (kangaroos; wallabies)
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