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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD POTOROO

From a native Australian language.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF POTOROO

potoroo  [ˌpɒtəˈruː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POTOROO

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determiner
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Potoroo 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 POTOROO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Potoroo

The potoroo is a kangaroo-like marsupial about the size of a rabbit. It is a macropod. All three extant species are threatened, especially the long-footed Potoroo and Gilbert's potoroo. The main threats are predation by introduced species and habitat loss. Potoroos were formerly very common, and early settlers reported them as being a significant pest to their crops. Gilbert's Potoroo is Australia's most endangered animal. There are only 30–40 known left in the wild. It was discovered in 1840 by a naturalist called John Gilbert. It was then thought to have become extinct until being rediscovered in 1994 at the Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve in Western Australia.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POTOROO


arew
əˈruː
buroo
bəˈruː
Carew
kəˈruː
gillaroo
ˌɡɪləˈruː
hooroo
huːˈruː
jackaroo
ˌdʒækəˈruː
jackeroo
ˌdʒækəˈruː
jillaroo
ˌdʒɪləˈruː
kangaroo
ˌkæŋɡəˈruː
Karoo
kəˈruː
karroo
kəˈruː
Peru
pəˈruː
smasheroo
ˌsmæʃəˈruː
stinkeroo
ˌstɪŋkəˈruː
switcheroo
ˌswɪtʃəˈruː
Theroux
θəˈruː
Uluru
ˌuːləˈruː
wallaroo
ˌwɒləˈruː
wanderoo
ˌwɒndəˈruː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POTOROO

potion
Potiphar
potjie
potlatch
potlike
potline
potluck dinner
potman
potmen
Potomac
potometer
potpie
potpourri
Potsdam
potshard
potsherd
potshop
potshotting
potstone
potsy

WORDS THAT END LIKE POTOROO

broo
buckaroo
Central Karoo
Central Karroo
Little Karoo
Lower Karoo
Northern Karoo
proo
rat kangaroo
red kangaroo
roo
tree kangaroo
Upper Karoo

Synonyms and antonyms of potoroo in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «potoroo» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POTOROO

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

Translator English - Chinese

potoroo
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

potoroo
570 millions of speakers

English

potoroo
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

potoroo
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

potoroo
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

potoroo
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Potoroo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

potoroo
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

potoroo
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Potoroo
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

potoroo
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

potoroo
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

potoroo
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Potoroo
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

potoroo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

potoroo
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पोटरू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Potoroo
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

potoroo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Potoroo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

potoroo
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

potoroo
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Potoroo
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

potoroo
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Potoroo
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

potoroo
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of potoroo

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POTOROO»

The term «potoroo» is normally little used and occupies the 134.394 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POTOROO» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POTOROO»

Discover the use of potoroo in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to potoroo and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Miss Lily's Fabulous Pink Feather Boa: Mini Puffin
Miss Lily's fabulous pink feather boa is the most wonderful thing the Last Potoroo has ever seen.
Margaret Wild, Kerry Argent, 2005
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
M3 86 ( Zoology )] UF Gilbert's potoroo Long-nosed rat kangaroo Potorous apicalis Potorous benormi Potorous gilbertii Potorous micropus Potorous minor Potorous murina Potorous muscola Potorous myosurus Potorous peronii Potorous ...
Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office, 2009
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
M386 (Zoology )] UF Hypsiprymnus Potoroiis Potoroo (Genus) Potoroops Potorous BT Potoroidae NT Long-footed potoroo Long-nosed potoroo (May Subd Geog) Potorous USE Potoroos Potorous apicalis USE Long-nosed potoroo Potorous ...
Library of Congress, 2006
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Endangered Species of Australia
Endangered Species of Western Australia Gilbert's Potoroo 2 Activity POTOROO PROFILE Write down ten facts about this tiny. Scientific Name: Potorous gilbertii Fact File Gilbert's potoroo is the most endangered and one ofthe rarest mammal ...
Jane Bourke, 2005
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Australia's Amazing Kangaroos: Their Conservation, Unique ...
Potorous gilbertii Gilbert's potoroo is currently Australia's rarest mammal. John Gilbert collected the first recognised Gilbert's potoroo from King George's Sound in the south-west of Western Australia and named it Hypsiprymnus gilbertii.
Ken Richardson, 2012
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Bettongs, Potoroos and the Musky Rat-kangaroo
For example, the Long-footed Potoroo, Brush-tailed Bettong, Tasmanian Bettong and Rufous Bettong are listed under Victoria's Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988. However, only the Long-footed Potoroo is still extant in that state. In contrast ...
Andrew W. Claridge, John H. Seebeck, Randy Rose, 2007
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Practical Conservation Biology
Box 3.3 Rediscovery of Gilbert's Potoroo Gilbert's Potoroo was first collected in 1840 near Albany in Western Australia. The species was collected again from around the same region between 1866–1869 and 1874–1879 (Start et al., 1995).
David Lindenmayer, Mark A. Burgman, 2005
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Haematology of Australian Mammals
Plate 200 Two neutrophils from the blood ofa long-nosed potoroo (DQ stain). Plate 201 Eosinophil and lymphocyte from the blood of a long-nosed potoroo ( DQ stain). Plate 202 Monocyte from the blood of a long-nosed potoroo (DQ stain).
Phillip Clark, 2004
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The Atlas of Endangered Animals: Wildlife Under Threat ...
Potoroo habitats There are three known species of potoroo: the long- footed ( Potorous hmgipes), the long-nosed potoroo (Potorous tridactylus) and Gilbert's potoroo (Potorous gilbertit). Of these, Gilbert's is the rarest, and was believed to be ...
Paula Hammond, 2010
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The Action Plan for Australian Mammals 2012
40–45 mature individuals, and the number exceeded 50 mature individuals of Gilbert's Potoroo by the end of 2009 (T. Friend pers. comm.). Monitoring The Mt Gardner, Bald Island and Waychinicup National Park subpopulations are monitored ...
Andrew Burbidge, John Woinarski, Peter Harrison, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POTOROO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term potoroo is used in the context of the following news items.
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Column 8: Nobody's Pluperfect
... be described as a 'delicate little thing' which 'in profile at sunset would have looked like a potoroo', as described in Saturday's online Herald. «Brisbane Times, Jul 15»
2
Potoroo outfoxes feral predators
A Department of Primary Industries (DPI) project has detected a threatened species of potoroo — previously thought to live only along the coast ... «PS News, Jul 15»
3
Long-nosed potoroos discovered in Northern Tablelands
While checking night vision surveillance photos a Long-nosed Potoroo has been identified hopping around in the background of the picture. «ABC Local, Jun 15»
4
Earth's sixth mass extinction has begun, new study confirms
... red-bellied gracile, broad-faced potoroo and southern gastric brooding frog. Farewell, broad-faced potoroo, we hardly knew ye. John Gould. «The Conversation UK, Jun 15»
5
The Australian and New Zealand women who shoot feral pigs for kicks
... are 'known or perceived threats' to 16 endangered species, including frogs, birds and a species of small Australian marsupial, the potoroo. «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
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Somerset's medieval lepers meet the Tory visionary dream team
Or perhaps a Gilbert's potoroo, escaped from the Tropiquaria attraction, would be mistaken for an immigrant, and chased around Watchet by ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
7
Fears for endangered numbats in Wheatbelt
"These areas contain the last known wild populations of the western ground parrot, Gilbert's potoroo, noisy scrub bird and western bristlebird," ... «WA today, Mar 15»
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Threatened species given lifeline by new bait developed to kill feral …
The new bait kills about 70-80% of feral cats in trials and will be used to protect species such as the bilby, numbat and Gilbert's potoroo. «The Guardian, Jan 15»
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Australia Day celebrating diversity and achievement
Members of Merimbula Rotary also visited Potoroo Palace, which is a popular attraction on the outskirts of Merimbula for people to see and ... «ABC Local, Jan 15»
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The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert review – 'kill half of what …
Meanwhile, mourn the great auk, the moa, the broad-faced potoroo ... and an uncountable number of other species. • To order The Sixth ... «The Guardian, Jan 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Potoroo [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/potoroo>. Apr 2024 ».
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