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• mouse

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• to mouse

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• mouse

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• Mouse

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• Kangaroo

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• kangaroo

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• Mouse-ear

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• Sea mouse

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• Water mouse

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• flying-mouse

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• jumping-mouse

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• opossum-mouse

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• pouched-mouse

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• sea-mouse

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• banded-kangaroo

  i.q. Banded-Wallaby. See lagostrophus and wallaby. ...

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• brush-kangaroo

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• dorca-kangaroo

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• hare-kangaroo

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• kangaroo-apple

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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

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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-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

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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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• raising a mouse

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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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• Mouse Alley, East Smithfield

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