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wallaby
[ wol-uh-bee ]
noun
- any of various small and medium-sized kangaroos of the genera Macropus, Thylogale, Petrogale, etc., some of which are no larger than rabbits: several species are endangered.
Wallaby
1/ ˈwɒləbɪ /
noun
- a member of the international Rugby Union football team of Australia
wallaby
2/ ˈwɒləbɪ /
noun
- any of various herbivorous marsupials of the genera Lagorchestes ( hare wallabies ), Petrogale ( rock wallabies ), Protemnodon, etc, of Australia and New Guinea, similar to but smaller than kangaroos: family Macropodidae
- on the wallaby or on the wallaby track slang.(of a person) wandering about looking for work
Word History and Origins
Origin of wallaby1
Word History and Origins
Origin of wallaby1
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Example Sentences
The Australian savanna hosts animals like kangaroos and wallabies.
Having a pet wallaby says … actually, I’m not sure what that says.
One image looks like a wallaby hopping away from the camera.
They asked the director of the Buffalo Zoo for some wallaby hair.
One of the police shot a large cassowary, and also a large wild pig and a wallaby, so there was plenty of food for all.
We also saw wallaby, and numerous tracks of cassowary and wild pig.
The Fitzroy wallaby was plentiful, and the Leader shot an emeu.
The wallaby is a smaller kind of kangaroo which is also hunted.
There is no sign of life or what has been life, except here and there the roasted carcase of a wallaby or kangaroo.
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