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Definition of Potoroos
1. potoroo [n] - See also: potoroo
Lexicographical Neighbors of Potoroos
Literary usage of Potoroos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1868)
"The single premolar, p 3, has a peculiar trenchant form; its maximum of development
is attained in the arboreal potoroos of New Guinea ..."
2. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1868)
"The single premolar, p 3, has a peculiar trenchant form; its maximum of development
is attained in the arboreal potoroos of New Guinea; ..."
3. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1838)
"able for their antero-posterior extent, which dimension becomes excessive in the
arboreal potoroos of New Guinea. So far, therefore, as the affinities of a ..."
4. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1866)
"In the Kangaroos and potoroos the eye ... and Perameles, in a greater degree in
the Kangaroos and potoroos, and gives off a distinct ... In the potoroos the ..."
5. Monograph of the Fossil Mammalia of the Mesozoic Formations by Richard Owen (1871)
"Detached lower incisors of the Kangaroos are long, pointed, and sharp-edged ; in
the Bettongs and potoroos their tapering ends begin to manifest ..."
6. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"Subdivision 3, the potoroos, or Kangaroo Rats .... (except the potoroos and
Kangaroos). Order I. Erecta (Man). Order IV. ..."
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