WALLABY

wallaby, brush kangaroo

(noun) any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos; often brightly colored

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

Wallaby (plural Wallabies)

(rugby) A player for the Wallabies, the Australian national rugby union team.

Etymology

Noun

wallaby (plural wallabies)

Any of several species of marsupial; usually smaller and stockier than kangaroos

Source: Wiktionary


Wal"la*by, n.; pl. Wallabies. Etym: [From a native name.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: Any one of numerous species of kangaroos belonging to the genus Halmaturus, native of Australia and Tasmania, especially the smaller species, as the brush kangaroo (H. Bennettii) and the pademelon (H. thetidis). The wallabies chiefly inhabit the wooded district and bushy plains. [Written also wallabee, and whallabee.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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