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Meaning of "bettong" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BETTONG

From a native Australian language.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF BETTONG

bɛˈtɒŋ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BETTONG

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bettong is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BETTONG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Bettong

The bettongs are species of the genus Bettongia, sometimes referred to as rat-kangaroos. Five species are recognised: ▪ Eastern bettong, Bettongia gaimardi ▪ Boodie, Bettongia lesueurBettongia moyesi, Middle Miocene bettong from Riversleigh ▪ Woylie, Bettongia penicillata ▪ Nullarbor dwarf bettong, †Bettongia pusilla ▪ Northern bettong, Bettongia tropica The rufous rat-kangaroo is sometimes referred to as a bettong, but this is not strictly correct.

Definition of bettong in the English dictionary

The definition of bettong in the dictionary is a species of rat kangaroo of Australia having a short nose.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BETTONG

biltong · jelutong · quandong · quantong · tong

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BETTONG

betta · betted · better · better half · better off · betterment · betterment tax · bettermost · betterness · Betti · betting · betting man · betting news · betting office · betting shop · betting slip · betting tax · bettor · betty · betulaceous

WORDS THAT END LIKE BETTONG

along · among · Armstrong · belong · dong · for a song · gong · Guangdong · hong · Hong Kong · in the wrong · long · mong · Nantong · so long · song · strong · thong · wrong · Xuan-tong

Synonyms and antonyms of bettong in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bettong» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BETTONG

Find out the translation of bettong to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of bettong from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bettong» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

bettong
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

bettong
570 millions of speakers
en

English

bettong
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

bettong
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

bettong
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

bettong
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

Bettong
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

bettong
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

bettong
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Bettong
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

bettong
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

bettong
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

bettong
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Bettong
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bettong
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

bettong
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

बेटटोंग
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

bettong
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

Bettong
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

bettong
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

bettong
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

bettong
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

bettong
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bettong
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bettong
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bettong
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bettong

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BETTONG»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of bettong
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bettong

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BETTONG»

Discover the use of bettong in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bettong and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Complete Guide to the Care of Macropods: A Comprehensive ...
A Rufous Bettong cannot be confused with the only other closely associated animal, the Spectacled Hare-wallaby, as the Bettong's foot length is longer than its leg length, whereas the Spectacled Hare- wallaby's foot length is the same length ...
Lynda Staker, 2006
2
Macropod Husbandry, Healthcare and Medicinals--Volumes One ...
bettong. SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS: As Bettongs are so very small, they need to be placed into a snake-proof enclosure when being hand reared. This bettong is only found in the eastern half of Tasmania. It became extinct on mainland ...
Lynda Staker, 2014
3
Bettongs, Potoroos and the Musky Rat-kangaroo
In most species, for example, the Tasmanian Bettong and Long-nosed Potoroo, the end of pouch life is accompanied, often on the same night, by a new birth and subsequent post-partum oestrus (Figure 6.3). The Musky Rat-kangaroo is quite ...
Andrew W. Claridge, John H. Seebeck, Randy Rose, 2007
4
Queensland's Threatened Animals
Distribution: The Northern Bettong recently occurred at four locations on the western edge of the Wet Tropics of Qld and historically in the Ravenshoe area of the Wet Tropics (until 1920s) and the Dawson Valley near Rockhampton (1884).
Lee K. Curtis, Andrew J. Dennis, Keith R. Macdonald, 2012
5
Life of Marsupials
Future prospects for burrowing bettongs So long as the three islands where the burrowing bettong survives remain free of grazing animals and introduced predators, the burrowing bettong is secure. But the history of its total demise across the ...
C. Hugh Tyndale-Biscoe, 2005
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Elsevier's Dictionary of Mammals
B. gaimardi q.v. 567 Bettongia gaimardi e Crimson-nosed Rats d Südamerikanische Rotnasenratten 572 Bibimys chacoensis Rodentia - Muridae e Chaco Crimson-nosed Rat Diprotodontia - Macropodidae e Eastern Bettong; Gaimard's Rat ...
Murray Wrobel, 2006
7
Homes Without Hand Being a Description of the Habitations of ...
KANGAROO. The word Bettong is a native name for a group of small kangaroos that are easily recognised by the shape of their heads, which are peculiarly short, thick, and round, and very unlike the long deer-like head of the larger ...
‎1865
8
Trees, Truffles, and Beasts: How Forests Function
The few dietary studies of the brush-tailed bettong highlight its thoroughly mycophagous nature. For example, over a ten-month period at Boyicup in southwestern Western Australia, most fecal samples taken from bettongs were composed of ...
Chris Maser, Andrew Claridge, James Trappe, 2008
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Haematology of Australian Mammals
Plate 180 Neutrophil from the blood of a rufous bettong (DQ stain). Plate 181 Eosinophil from the blood of a rufous bettong (DQ stain). Plate 182 Lymphocyte from the blood of a rufous bettong (DQ stain). Plate 183 Monocyte from the blood ofa ...
Phillip Clark, 2004
10
Homes without hands, a description of the habitations of animals
Kangaroo. The word Bettong is a native name for a group of small kangaroos that are easily recognised by the shape of their heads, which are peculiarly short, thick, and round, and very unlike the long deer-like head of the larger kangaroos.
John George Wood, 1865

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BETTONG»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bettong is used in the context of the following news items.
1
A walk on the wild side in the Swan Valley
We pet a tiny, sleepy bettong and hold a snake, its muscles flexing beneath its smooth skin. There's a bobtail lizard, a hungry possum with its ... «The West Australian, Jun 15»
2
Kangaroos are lefties
Quadrupedal sugar gliders and gray short-tailed opossums are not handed, while the bipedal brush-tailed bettong displays handedness in ... «Science News, Jun 15»
3
Bettong campaign odds on to succeed
A new campaign to support the continued recovery of the eastern bettong in the region has been announced, with $900,000 in funding from the ... «PS News, Jun 15»
4
Woylie woes continue despite reproductive success
Despite recent recovery efforts and substantial reproductive potential in the south west brush-tailed bettong (Bettongia penicillata) numbers ... «Phys.Org, Jun 15»
5
Australian native mammals to be reintroduced to NSW after 100 years
For example the Brush-tailed Bettong digs the earth, shifting five to seven tonnes of soil each year. Fleming said such animals are called ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
6
Brian and Betty Bettong urge Australians to dig deep
The Bettong Bungalow campaign is led by characters named Brian and Betty Bettong who will embark on a series of adventures to help raise ... «ABC Online, Jun 15»
7
Bilbies and bettongs adapting to feral cats on SA Eyre Peninsula
Twenty cameras have captured night images of two endangered species, the greater bilby and brush-tailed bettong, in the Venus Bay ... «ABC Online, May 15»
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Canberra's cat crackdown marks wider territory
The reserves have grassland, woodland and forest, habitats that support many native plants and animals such as the eastern bettong, bush ... «Government News, Apr 15»
9
Bettongs are comedy gold in Alice Springs
Kylie Piper, from conservation organisation Arid Recovery, chose the burrowing bettong as her subject and had the crowd in stitches. The only ... «ABC Local, Apr 15»
10
Feral cats pose growing threat in Tasmania
THE introduced feline has already contributed to the loss of some species on mainland Australia, including a class of the eastern bettong, but ... «NEWS.com.au, Apr 15»
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