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Genet vs Quokka - What's the difference?

genet | quokka |

As nouns the difference between genet and quokka

is that genet is broom (shrub) while quokka is a cat-sized marsupial, setonix brachyurus , of southwestern australia.

genet

English

(Genetta)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) genette, (etyl) genette, (jenette) et al., of uncertain origin.

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of several Old World nocturnal, carnivorous mammals, of the genus in the family Viverridae, most of which have a spotted coat and a long, ringed tail.
  • The fur of this mammal, or any skin dressed in imitation of it.

    • Etymology 2

    Coined in the 20th century from (gene).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology) A group of genetically identical individuals (plants, fungi, bacteria etc.) that have grown in a given location, all originating from asexual reproduction of a single ancestor; a group of ramets

    • Etymology 3

    See jennet

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small-sized, well-proportioned, Spanish horse; a jennet.
    • (Shakespeare)

    Anagrams

    * ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Noun

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    quokka

    English

    (wikipedia quokka)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cat-sized marsupial, Setonix brachyurus , of southwestern Australia.
  • * 2003 , John Long, Introduced Mammals of the World: Their History, Distribution and Influence , page 29,
    • At least 673 quokkas were re-introduced from Rottnest Island to the Marsupial Research Station of the University of Western Australia (254 ha) at Jandakot from 1972 to 1988.
  • * 2005 , Hugh Tyndale-Biscoe, Life of Marsupials , page 354,
    • Tammars, quokkas and black-footed rock wallabies inhabit islands in the southwest, while three species of hare wallaby, the burrowing bettong and five species of rock wallaby inhabit various islands in the northwest.
  • * 2012 , Ken Richardson, Australia's Amazing Kangaroos: Their Conservation, Unique Biology and Coexisternce with Humans , page 125,
    • Older unburnt areas (more than 25 years) on their own appear unable to sustain a quokka population.
    The largest number of quokkas occurs on Rottnest Island near Perth, where the population estimates vary from 8000 to 12,000 individuals.