Akademik

Bettongia

noun

jerboa kangaroo

• Syn: ↑genus Bettongia

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Potoroinae, ↑subfamily Potoroinae

• Member Meronyms: ↑bettong, ↑jerboa kangaroo, ↑kangaroo jerboa

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\\beˈtäŋgēə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from English bettong + New Latin -ia

: a common Australian genus of small leaping rat kangaroos

Useful english dictionary. 2012.