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.
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Potoroo
Synonyms for "potoroo"
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7 translations across 7 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- дългонос кенгуров плъх noun (marsupial of the genus Potorous)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 長鼻袋鼠 /长鼻袋鼠 noun (marsupial of the genus Potorous)
Finnish
1 entries- päästäiskenguru noun (marsupial of the genus Potorous)
Italian
1 entries- potoroo noun (marsupial of the genus Potorous)
Kazakh
1 entries- потору noun (marsupial of the genus Potorous)
Polish
1 entries- kanguroszczur noun (marsupial of the genus Potorous)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- potoru noun (marsupial of the genus Potorous)
Sample sentences
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A black man with his back turned to me was putting three potaroos on the fire to cook.
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