bilby
or bil·bi
[bil-bee]
Show More
Origin of bilby
1900–05; < Yuwaalaraay (Australian Aboriginal language of N New South Wales) bilbi
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
Examples from the Web for bilby
Historical Examples of bilby
“You send for them two Injuns—that is who our business is with,” put in Bilby.
Ruth Fielding on the St. LawrenceAlice B. Emerson
What would the newcomers—Bilby, perhaps—do to Copley and to her?
Ruth Fielding on the St. LawrenceAlice B. Emerson
Just how much did Bilby and his companions care for the law?
Ruth Fielding on the St. LawrenceAlice B. Emerson
The boatman and Bilby were opposite the doorway of the tunnel.
Ruth Fielding on the St. LawrenceAlice B. Emerson
If the Indian girl had not gone with Bilby, where had she gone?
Ruth Fielding on the St. LawrenceAlice B. Emerson
bilby
- a burrowing marsupial of the genus Macrotis of Australia having long pointed ears and grey furAlso called: rabbit bandicoot, dalgyte
Show More
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012