mangaroo

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


aboriginal name for a small flying phalanger with exquisitely fine fur.

1881. A. C. Grant, `Bush Life in Queensland,' vol. ii.p. 217:

«Descending from the branches of an ironbark tree beside him,a beautiful little mangaroo floated downwards on out-stretchedwings to the foot of a sapling at a little distance away, andnimbly ascending it was followed by his mate.»