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kangaroo

Language: 
Biyal Biyal
Australian: 
pat-ag-a-rˆn
English JS Main: 
kangaroo
English: 
the large, or grey kanguroo, to which the natives give the name of Pat-ag-a-rˆn
Category: 
fauna: mammals
Sub-category: 
kangaroo
Source: 
Tench
Page: 
269
Line: 
2
Respelt: 
bada-ga-ran
Part of speech: 
noun
Date: 
1793
Meaning Clue: 
"pat-ag-a-rˆn" badagaran = "the large, or grey kanguroo, to which the natives give the name of Pat-ag-a-rˆn" kangaroo grey: Tench [:269:2] [BB]
Source Details: 
Captain Watkin Tench: A Narrative of the expedition to Botany Bay (1789) and A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson 1788-1791 (1793): Republished at Sydney’s First Four Years (1961), Library of Australian History
Comment: 
DIFFERENT TENCH SPELLING FROM p. 231

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