RAT KANGAROO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rat kangaroo mean? 

• RAT KANGAROO (noun)
  The noun RAT KANGAROO has 1 sense:

1. any of several rabbit-sized ratlike Australian kangaroos

  Familiarity information: RAT KANGAROO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RAT KANGAROO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several rabbit-sized ratlike Australian kangaroos

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

kangaroo rat; rat kangaroo

Hypernyms ("rat kangaroo" is a kind of...):

kangaroo (any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful hind legs and a long thick tail)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rat kangaroo"):

potoroo (Australian rat kangaroos)

bettong (short-nosed rat kangaroo)

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

Holonyms ("rat kangaroo" is a member of...):

Potoroinae; subfamily Potoroinae (rat kangaroos)