rock wallaby
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of rock wallaby
First recorded in 1835–45
Example Sentences
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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
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
We saw a few rock wallaby, a different variety to the scrub or open sandhill kinds.
From Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, by Giles, Ernest
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