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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of bandicoots, of the family Peramelidæ, notable for the disproportionate development of the hind limbs and the reduction of the lateral digits of both the fore and the hind feet, the former having but two functional toes, and the latter consisting mainly of an enormous fourth toe.
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