potoroo

English

Potorous tridactylus (long-nosed potoroo)

Wikispecies

Alternative forms

• potaroo

Etymology

Probably from Dharug badaru.

Noun

potoroo (plural potoroos)

1. Any species of the genus Potorous of the rat kangaroo family Potoroidae, endemic to Australia. [from 18th c.]
   • 1998, Terence Lindsey, Mammals of Australia, New Holland, published 2004, page 41:

     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.

   • 2001, Richard Flanagan, Gould's Book of Fish, Vintage, published 2016, page 368:

     A black man with his back turned to me was putting three potaroos on the fire to cook.

Derived terms

• long-footed potoroo
• long-nosed potoroo

Translations

marsupial of the genus Potorous

• Bulgarian: дългонос кенгуров плъх m (dǎlgonos kengurov plǎh)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 長鼻袋鼠／长鼻袋鼠 (chángbí dàishǔ)

• Finnish: päästäiskenguru
• Italian: potoroo m
• Kazakh: потору (potoru)
• Polish: kanguroszczur (pl) m, poturu
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Latin: potoru m