PADEMELON

pademelon, paddymelon

(noun) small reddish-brown wallabies of scrubby areas of Australia and New Guinea

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

pademelon (plural pademelons)

Any species of the genus Thylogale of small macropods.

Source: Wiktionary


Pad`e*mel"on, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: See Wallaby.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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