warrigal
9.9
A wild horse that lives free in the Australian countryside
- noun
- Australian
:
brumby
- The outback is home to many warrigals that roam freely.
Examples
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They spotted a lone warrigal drinking by the creek during their trip.
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Look at that warrigal running through the grass!
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A herd of warrigals galloped across the dusty plains at dawn.
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The warrigal galloped across the open plains.
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A herd of warrigals galloped across the dusty plains at dawn.
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The outback is home to many warrigals that roam freely.
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They spotted a lone warrigal drinking by the creek during their trip.
Synonyms
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9.9
A wild horse in Australia that comes from escaped tame horses
is the general Australian wild horse term not limited to origin details
9.9
A wild horse that lives free in Australia
has identical meaning but is spelled with an alternative form
Surface Forms
Etymology
Warrigal was also used more widely to mean any 'wild' animal, so people sometimes used it for free-roaming Australian horses called brumbies. In other words, warrigal can mean a wild horse because it originally meant 'untamed'.