brush-kangaroo

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• Kangaroo

  ·noun Any one of numerous species of jumping marsupials of the family Macropodidae. They inhabit Aus...

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• kangaroo

  n. 1) an aboriginal word.See marsupial. (a) The Origin of the Name. The name was first obtained in...

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• Brush

  ·noun The bushy tail of a fox. II. Brush ·noun A tuft of hair on the mandibles. III. Brush ·noun A...

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• to brush

  To run away. Let us buy a brush and lope; let us go away or off. To have a brush with a woman; to li...

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• brush

  n. at first undergrowth, small trees, asin England; afterwards applied to larger timber growth andf...

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• brush

  A skirmish, or fight.--Johnson. Grose. It could not be possible, that, upon so little a brush as Wa...

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• brush

  A move; a skirmish. ...

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• banded-kangaroo

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• dorca-kangaroo

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• hare-kangaroo

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• kangaroo-apple

  n. an Australian and Tasmanianfruit, Solanum aviculare, Forst., N.O.Solanaceae. The name is also ap...

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• kangaroo-dog

  n. a large dog, lurcher,deerhound, or greyhound, used for hunting the Kangaroo. 1806. `History of ...

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• kangaroo-fly

  n. a small Australian fly, Cabarus. See quotations. 1833. C. Sturt, `Southern Australia,' vol. I. ...

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• kangaroo-grass

  n. a name given to severalspecies of grasses of the genera Anthistiria and Andropogon, chiefly from...

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• kangaroo-hop

  n. a peculiar affected gait. See quotation. 1875. `Spectator' (Melbourne), May 22, p. 27, col. 2: ...

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• kangaroo-hound

  n. i.q. kangaroo-dog (q.v.). 1865. Lady Barker, `Station Life in New Zealand,' p. 28: «A large do...

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• kangaroo-mouse

  n. more strictly called the Pouched-Mouse (q.v.). 1888. D. Macdonald, `Gum Boughs,' p. 256: «It i...

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• kangaroo-net

  n. net made by the natives tocatch the kangaroo. 1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. 45...

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• rat-kangaroo

  See kangaroo-rat ...

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• kangaroo-rat

  or Rat-Kangaroo n. the name applied to species of Marsupials belonging to thefollowing genera, viz...

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• kangaroo-skin

  n. either the leather for thetanned hide, or the complete fur for rugs and wraps. 1806. `History o...

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• kangaroo-thorn

  n. an indigenous hedge-plant, Acacia armata, R. Br., N.O. Leguminosae; calledalso Kangaroo Acacia. ...

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• musk-kangaroo

  n. See hypsiprymnodonand kangaroo. ...

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• tree-kangaroo

  called Boongary (q.v.)by the aboriginals. See Dendrolagus and Kangaroo. ...

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• Air brush

  ·add. ·- A kind of atomizer for applying liquid coloring matter in a spray by compressed air. ...

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• Brush turkey

  ·- A large, edible, gregarious bird of Australia (Talegalla Lathami) of the family Megapodidae. Also...

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• Brush wheel

  ·- A circular revolving brush used by turners, lapidaries, silversmiths, ·etc., for polishing. II. ...

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• Brush Court

  South out of Upper East Smithfield, the second turning east from St. Katherine's Lane (Horwood, 1799...

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• bottle-brush

  n. name given to various speciesof Callistemon and Melaleuca, N.O. Myrtaceae; the Purple Bottle-bru...

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• brush-apple

  n. See apple. ...

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• brush-bloodwood

  n. See bloodwood. ...

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• brush-cherry

  n. an Australian tree, Trochocarpa laurina, R. Br., and Eugeniamyrtifolia, Simms. Called also Brush...

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• brush-deal

  n. a slender Queensland tree, Cupania anacardioides, A. Richard. See Brush,above. ...

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• brush-myrtle

  i.q. brush-cherry (q.v.) ...

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• brush-turkey

  n. See turkey. ...

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• brush-turpentine

  n. another name for the tree Syncarpia leptopetala, F. v. M., N.O. Myrtaceae,called also Myrtle (q....

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• turpentine, brush

  name given to two trees – – Metrosideros leptopetala, F. v. M., also called Myrtle; and Rhodamnia tr...

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• to brush up

  To prepare oneself; to take courage. When Miss Mary came, I brushed up, and was determined to have ...

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• kangaroo-tail soup

  n. soup made from thekangaroo-tail. 1820. W. C. Wentworth, `Description of New South Wales,'p. 58:...

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• tar-brush, touch of the

  A nautical term applied to those who are slightly darkened by mixed blood. ...

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• tarred with the same brush

  Equivalent to "birds of a feather." ...

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• touch of the tar-brush

  A nautical phrase expressive of those officers who are seamen as well as quarter-deckers. Also said ...

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