dictionary definitions for "petrogale"


From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Petrogale \Pe*trog"a*le\ (p[-e]*tr[o^]g"[.a]*l[=e]), n. [NL.,
     fr. Gr. pe`tra a rock + galh^ a weasel.] (Zool.)
     Any Australian kangaroo of the genus Petrogale, as the rock
     wallaby (Petrogale penicillata).
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  Petrogale
      n 1: rock wallabies [syn: Petrogale, genus Petrogale]


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