petrogale

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petrogale - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Petrogale \Pe*trog"a*le\ (p[-e]*tr[o^]g"[.a]*l[=e]), n. [NL.,
     fr. Gr. pe`tra a rock + galh^ a weasel.] (Zool.)
     Any Australian kangaroo of the genus Petrogale, as the rock
     wallaby (Petrogale penicillata).
     [1913 Webster]

petrogale - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Petrogale
      n 1: rock wallabies [syn: Petrogale, genus Petrogale]