rock wallaby

American  

noun

1. any wallaby of the genus Petrogale, having a banded or striped coat, slender body, and long legs and feet, inhabiting caves and rocky areas in Australia.

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Etymology

Origin of rock wallaby

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

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rock wallaby

Among the animals identified for protection are a bird known as the King Island scrubtit, the brush-tailed rock wallaby and the growling grass frog.

From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2022

For the time he had forgotten the fifteen-foot leap of the rock wallaby that he had witnessed on the day after his escape from the circus.

From Finn The Wolfhound by Buxton, Robert Hugh

I saw two kangaroos and one rock wallaby, but they were too wild to allow me to approach near enough to get a shot at them.

From Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, by Giles, Ernest

They rode and rode, but Warrigal was gone like a rock wallaby.

From Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields by Boldrewood, Rolf

This was a large female rock wallaby, a big grey doe, with her young one.

From Finn The Wolfhound by Buxton, Robert Hugh