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
We saw a few rock wallaby, a different variety to the scrub or open sandhill kinds.
From Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, by Giles, Ernest
This was a large female rock wallaby, a big grey doe, with her young one.
From Finn The Wolfhound by Buxton, Robert Hugh
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
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