bettong
nounEtymology Borrowed from Dharug badang. Recorded in English since 1830–40.
1
Any of the marsupial genera Bettongia and Aepyprymnus; closely related to kangaroos.
- Bettongs rather resemble rats, having short noses, short, rounded ears, long hind feet and a naked muzzle tip.
- Derived terms
- brush tailed bettong, burrowing bettong, northern bettong, rufous bettong, Tasmanian bettong
- Related terms
- boodie, potoroo, rat kangaroo, woylie