pademelon
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A small reddish-brown animal from Australia that carries its young in a pouch
- noun
- /ˈpædəˌmɛlən/
- Australian
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pademelón
- As the evening light fades, out come the denizens of the night: possums, pademelons (a species of wallaby), and sugar gliders.
Examples
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In the lush forests of Tasmania, you can spot a pademelon foraging for food among the shrubs.
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When hiking through the Australian outback, we were lucky to see a pademelon hopping across our path.
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The pademelon is known for its shy nature, often hiding among dense vegetation.
Synonyms
9.9
A small kangaroo-like animal with reddish-brown fur that lives in bushes in Australia and New Guinea
has identical meaning but is an alternative spelling used for the same animal
How Big
Surface Forms
pademelon singular
pademelons plural
Etymology
Pademelon comes from an Aboriginal word often written as badimali, meaning 'small wallaby'. So a pademelon is a small, shy marsupial related to the wallaby.