Lexic.us

Definition of Kangaroo hare

1. Noun. Small Australian wallaby that resembles a hare and has persistent teeth.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kangaroo Hare

Literary usage of Kangaroo hare

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Illustrated Natural History by John George Wood (1865)
"The kangaroo hare inhabits the Liverpool Plains and the greater part of the interior of Australia, to which region it seems to be limited, seldom, if ever, ..."

2. The Practical Teacher by Joseph Hughes (1883)
"The kangaroo hare appears seldom or never to be found in the ... With the kangaroo hare we must conclude our account of the members forming the group of the ..."

3. Wood's Animal Kingdom: Illustrated by John George Wood (1870)
"CONSIDERABLY larger than the preceding animal, the kangaroo hare may at once ... The kangaroo hare inhabits the Liverpool Plains and the greater part of the ..."

4. Catalogue of the Bones of Mammalia in the Collection of the British Museum by Edward Gerrard (1862)
"The BANDED kangaroo hare. Lagorchestes fasciatus. Waterhouse, Nat. Hist. Mamm. i. pi. 5. fig. 4 (teeth). *a. Skull. Vicinity of York, W. Australia. ..."

5. English Compound Words and Phrases: A Reference List, with Statement of by Francis Horace Teall (1892)
"... kangaroo=apple kangaroo=bear kangaroo=beetle kangaroo=dog kangaroo=grape kangaroo= grass kangaroo=hare kangaroo=hound kangaroo=mouse kangaroo=rat ..."

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