| 单词 | rock kangaroo |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrock kangaroo rock kangaroo n. the rock-wallaby (genus Petrogale).extracted from kangaroon.rock kangaroo rock kangaroo n. any of several kangaroos and wallabies found in rocky places; esp. the wallaroo Macropus robustus; cf. rock wallaby n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [noun] > family Macropodidae > wallaby > genus Petrogale (rock wallaby) badger1803 rock kangaroo1826 rock wallaby1841 rock kangaroo1846 1826 J. Atkinson Acct. Agric. & Grazing New S. Wales 23 The wayrang or rock kangaroo. 1846 G. R. Waterhouse Nat. Hist. Mammalia I. 168 The specimens of the Brush-tailed or Rock Kangaroo in the British Museum were..procured by Mr. Gould from the Liverpool Range. 1884 Cassell's Family Mag. Apr. 272/1 The rock-wallabies, or rock-kangaroos belong to these mountains. 1943 C. Barrett Austral. Animal Bk. 90 Of wallaroos or rock-kangaroos there are at least half a dozen species. 1998 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 7 June 28/3 Aboriginal Australians have long been familiar with the Westralian rock kangaroo, which they call the uroo, waroo or yuro. < as lemmas |
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