wallaby
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- noun
- /ˈwɑːləbi/
- Australian
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wallaby
- During our trip to Australia, we saw a wallaby hopping across the field.
- kangaroos and wallabies
- wallabies and wombats
- a small wallaby
Examples
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More than 2,000 animals live in the park, including koalas, wallabies, kangaroos, and wombats.
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Most the island is a nature reserve so we're going to see wallabies and koalas and kangaroos.
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You know what a wallaby is?
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A rock wallaby to be exact.
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She can smell a wallaby 10 miles away.
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Finally, Sue met a group of wallabies.
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"If you don't like cats," I said, "why don't you buy yourself a koala or a wallaby?"
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My family and I voyaged north of Brisbane into the rural habitat of kangaroos and wallabies.
Academic text (2008) -
As the evening light fades, out come the denizens of the night: possums, pademelons (a species of wallaby), and sugar gliders.
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For a modest entrance fee of five dollars, visitors can meander among the crates, shopping for bearded dragons, Fennec foxes, and wallabies.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
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A small kangaroo-like animal from Australia that lives in dry places
A small animal that hops like a kangaroo and lives in Australia
A small wallaby from northern Australia and New Guinea that moves quickly
A small kangaroo-like animal with reddish-brown fur that lives in bushes in Australia and New Guinea
A small animal like a kangaroo with long legs that lives among rocks
A small animal like a kangaroo with long legs that lives among rocks in Australia
A small wallaby with a hard nail at the tip of its tail
A small kangaroo-like animal with a hard nail at the tip of its tail
A group of Australian mammals like small kangaroos with a small nail at the tip of the tail
A group of small wallabies that look like hares and live in Australia
A small Australian animal like a tiny kangaroo with long ears and a slim body that moves quickly
A small Australian hopping animal that looks like a hare and keeps its teeth for life
A small or medium animal like a kangaroo that lives in forests and thick bushes
A small kangaroo-like animal that lives in trees in Australia and New Guinea
Compounds
- Australian
A small Australian animal like a tiny kangaroo with long ears and a slim body that moves quickly
- Australian
A small kangaroo-like animal that lives in trees in Australia and New Guinea
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Etymology
The word wallaby comes from an Aboriginal word 'walabi' that local people used for this small native animal. Early European settlers kept that name, so wallaby now means the smaller, often forest-living kind of kangaroo.