wallaroo (plural wallaroos)
Any of three closely related species of moderately large macropods, intermediate in size between the kangaroos and the wallabies.
The common wallaroo, Macropus robustus; the most common and widespread species of the three.
• (any of three intermediate-size macropods)
common wallaroo, hill wallaroo - Macropus robustus
black wallaroo, Bernard's wallaroo, Woodward's wallaroo - Macropus bernardus
antilopine wallaroo - Macropus antilopinus
• (Macropus robustus): eastern wallaroo, euro
Source: Wiktionary
Wal`la*roo", n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any one of several species of kangaroos of the genus Macropus, especially M. robustus, sometimes called the great wallaroo.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 January 2025
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
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