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balbarid

balbarid noun: any member of the family †Balbaridae of extinct kangaroos.

Noun

balbarid (plural balbarids)

  1. Any member of the family †Balbaridae of extinct kangaroos.
    • His research, which has focused on the few partial kangaroo skeletons found, has provided insights into why the bulungamayine kangaroos were so successful while the balbarids vanished.2004, Tim Flannery, Country: A Continent, a Scientist & Kangaroo, Text Publishing, page 118
    • The other interesting feature of the balbarids is that they may not have hopped because the forelimbs and hindlimbs were of similar length and they had the first digit on each hind foot, similar to the Musky Rat-kangaroo.2010, Stephen Jackson, Karl Vernes, Kangaroo: A portrait of an extraordinary marsupial, Allen & Unwin, page 15

Forms of balbarid

pluralbalbarids

Questions about balbarid

What does balbarid mean?
Balbarid means any member of the family †Balbaridae of extinct kangaroos.
What part of speech is balbarid?
Balbarid is a noun.
What is the plural of balbarid?
The plural of balbarid is balbarids.

Words near balbarid in the dictionary

  1. Balbagan
  2. balbal
  3. Balbalan
  4. Balbaldez
  5. balbals
  6. balbarid
  7. balbarids
  8. balbarine
  9. balbarines
  10. Balbec
  11. Balbhadra

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