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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[Native name.]

(Zool.)

A small, leaping Australian marsupial of the genus

Bettongia

; the jerboa kangaroo.

Bettongia gaimardi (Tasmanian bettong)

bettong ‎(plural bettongs)

Any marsupial of the genus Bettongia, closely related to kangaroos.
Bettongs rather resemble rats, having short noses, short, rounded ears, long hind feet and a naked muzzle tip