brush_kangaroo (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *brush kangaroo*:
NOUN	animal	brush kangaroo, wallaby	any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos

English > *brush kangaroo*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	Any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos; often brightly colored.
Synonym	wallaby
Narrower	common wallaby, Macropus agiles	A small wallaby having a height of 30 inches
	hare wallaby, kangaroo hare	small Australian wallaby that resembles a hare and has persistent teeth
	nail-tailed wallaby, nail-tailed kangaroo	small wallabies with a horny nail on the tip of the tail
	pademelon, paddymelon	small reddish-brown wallabies of scrubby areas of Australia and New Guinea
	rock wallaby, rock kangaroo	slender long-legged Australian wallabies living in caves and rocky areas
	tree wallaby, tree kangaroo	arboreal wallabies of New Guinea and northern Australia having hind and forelegs of similar length
Broader	kangaroo	Any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful hind legs and a long thick tail
Spanish	ualabi, ualabí, walabí, wallaby
Catalan	ualabi, wallaby

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