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glider

Language: 
Biyal Biyal
Australian: 
Goo-roe-Goo-roe
English JS Main: 
glider
English: 
[Feathertail or pigmy glider ] "Native name Goo-roe-Goo-roe" ====Chestnut brown furry mammal .... The four legs are spreadeagled to show the loose skin along the sides of the mammal. The tail is narrow with a central spine clearly delineated, and is almost the same size as the body. ... Credits: The author if this catalogue record is Suzanne Stenning.
Category: 
fauna: mammals
Sub-category: 
possum
Source: 
Painters
Line: 
12091
Respelt: 
guru guru
Part of speech: 
noun
Source Details: 
INDIGENOUS NAMES IN WORKS BY THE PORT JACKSON PAINTER, THOMAS WATLING etc. Watling Collection, Natural History Museum, London Transcribed by Keith V. Smith 2002 Watling, Thomas, 1762-1814? -------------- NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, LONDON <[WebCat] Search The Natural History Museum's library catalogue> The 5-digit numbers are the picture identification numbers quoted near the end of each entry. --------- Most or all of the items with an indigenous word attached are in the JS PAINTERS ringbinder, arranged alphabelically by a JS ’no hyphens’ transcription. ========= NO PAINTERS FILE: This is the PENCIL line number (in JS ’Painters’ ringbinder) supplied by Keith Smith. the page numbers entered by JS
Comment: 
[Watling Drawing - no. 91 : Marsupial, "Native name Goo-roe-Goo-roe

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