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
We saw a few rock wallaby, a different variety to the scrub or open sandhill kinds.
From Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, by Giles, Ernest
The sorts used for carriage aprons, coat linings and the outside of motor coats include: blue kangaroo, bush kangaroo, bridled kangaroo, wallaroo, yellow kangaroo, rock wallaby, swamp wallaby and short-tailed wallaby.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
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
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