potoroo
nounEtymology Borrowed from Dharug buduru.
1
Any small marsupial of the genus Potorous, endemic to Australia.
- Potoroos resemble bettongs, both in size and lifestyle, but the potoroos have a more tapered head and pointed snout, a less robust build and a shorter tail.1998, Terence Lindsey, Mammals of Australia, New Holland, published 2004, page 41:
- A black man with his back turned to me was putting three potaroos on the fire to cook.2001, Richard Flanagan, Gould's Book of Fish, Vintage, published 2016, page 368:
- Derived terms
- long-footed potoroo, long-nosed potoroo