Kangaroo Rat - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: kangaroo ratPotoroo
Any small kangaroo belonging to Hypsiprymnus Bettongia and allied genera native of Australia and Tasmania Called also kangaroo rat...
Dipodomys
a genus of rodents of the family Heteromyidae comprising the genus of kangaroo rats which live in arid regions of Mexico and the western U S...
kangaroo rat
A jumping rodent of the genus Dipodomys of the family Heteromyidae which lives in arid regions of Mexico and the western U S...
kangaroo
Any one of numerous species of jumping marsupials of the family Macropodidaelig They inhabit Australia New Guinea and adjacent islands They have long and strong hind legs and a large tail while the fore legs are comparatively short and feeble The giant kangaroo Macropus major is the largest species sometimes becoming twelve or fourteen feet in total length The tree kangaroos belonging to the genus Dendrolagus live in trees the rock kangaroos of the genus Petrogale inhabit rocky situations and the brush kangaroos of the genus Halmaturus inhabit wooded districts See Wallaby...
Kangaroo
Kangaroo, is a colloquial term for the power with which the Speaker of House of Commons, the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of ways and means and the Chairman of Standing Committees are invested to select what amendments and new clauses shall be proposed so that limited time available is used to the best advantage. Parliamentary Dictionary, L.A. Abraham and S.C. Hawtrey, 1956, p. 110.Kangaroo, is a process of selecting amendmentsis known as 'kangaroo' because it involves 'jumping' over certain amendments on the order paper. Office of the Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth, Wilding and Philip Laundy, p. 686....
Rat
One of several species of small rodents of the genus Rattus formerly included in Mus and allied genera of the family Muridae distinguished from mice primarily by being larger They infest houses stores and ships especially the Norway rat also called brown rat Rattus norvegicus formerly Mus decumanus the black rat Rattus rattus formerly Mus rattus and the roof rat formerly Mus Alexandrinus now included in Rattus rattus These were introduced into America from the Old World The white rat used most commonly in laboratories is primarily a strain derived from Rattus rattus...
Rat tail
Like a rats tail in form as a rat tail file which is round slender and tapering See Illust of File...
Ratting
The conduct or practices of one who rats See Rat v i 1...
Rat tailed
Having a long tapering tail like that of a rat...
Pro rata, or Pro rat' parte
Pro rata, or Pro rat' parte (in proportion)....
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