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Webster 1913 Edition

Petrogale

Pe-trog′a-le

(pē̍-trŏg′ȧ-lē)

,

Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr.

πέτρα

a rock +

γαλῆ

a weasel.]

(Zool.)

Any Australian kangaroo of the genus

Petrogale

, as the rock wallaby (

Petrogale penicillata

).