wallaby
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.
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How to use wallaby in a sentence
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.
Identifying animals in photos is trickier than you might think | Philip Kiefer | March 2, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThey asked the director of the Buffalo Zoo for some wallaby hair.
Ebola's Roots Are 50 Times Older Than Mankind. And That Could Be the Key to Stopping It. | Michael Daly | October 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOne of the police shot a large cassowary, and also a large wild pig and a wallaby, so there was plenty of food for all.
Wanderings Among South Sea Savages And in Borneo and the Philippines | H. Wilfrid Walker
We also saw wallaby, and numerous tracks of cassowary and wild pig.
Wanderings Among South Sea Savages And in Borneo and the Philippines | H. Wilfrid WalkerThe Fitzroy wallaby was plentiful, and the Leader shot an emeu.
The Overland Expedition of The Messrs. Jardine | Frank Jardine and Alexander JardineThe wallaby is a smaller kind of kangaroo which is also hunted.
Town Life in Australia | R. E. N. (Richard) TwopenyThere is no sign of life or what has been life, except here and there the roasted carcase of a wallaby or kangaroo.
Australian Pictures | Howard Willoughby
British Dictionary definitions for wallaby (1 of 2)
/ (ˈwɒləbɪ) /
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 Australian slang (of a person) wandering about looking for work
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1British Dictionary definitions for Wallaby (2 of 2)
/ (ˈwɒləbɪ) /
a member of the international Rugby Union football team of Australia
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