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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various small marsupials of the suborder Macropodiformes and especially of the family Potoroidae of New Guinea, Australia, and adjacent islands, resembling large rodents.
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- noun Any of several small
marsupials , of the family Potoroidae, from coastalAustralia
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- noun any of several rabbit-sized ratlike Australian kangaroos
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