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Noun: rat kangaroo
  1. Any of several rabbit-sized ratlike Australian kangaroos
    "The rat kangaroo foraged for roots and tubers in the Australian bush";
    - kangaroo rat

Derived forms: rat kangaroos

Type of: kanga [Austral, informal], kangaroo, roo [Austral, informal]

Part of: Potoroinae, subfamily Potoroinae