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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of marsupials of the family Macro-podidtæ, founded by J. E. Gray in l837; the rock-kangaroos.
  • noun [lowercase] An animal of this genus.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) Any Australian kangaroo of the genus Petrogale, as the rock wallaby (Petrogale penicillata).

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun rock wallabies

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