an old scientific name, nowabandoned, for certain species of the Kangaroo family. Robert Dawson, `The Present State of Australia,' p.
111: They are generally `ringed,' that is, their galop is directedinto a circular course by the men surrounding them. In structure it resembles the starling(Sturnidae); it has also the wedge bill. See Firetail. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol.
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