wallaby
noun
any of various small and medium-sized kangaroos of the genera Macropus, Thylogale, Petrogale, etc., some of which are no larger than rabbits: several species are endangered.
wallabies
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pluralof wallaby.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Inchconnachan, which has a colony of wild wallabies, is asking around $4 million, or $13.5 million with a completed home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
To explore how these massive animals moved, Megan Jones and her colleagues examined the hindlimbs of 94 modern specimens and 40 fossil specimens representing 63 species of kangaroos and wallabies.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 23, 2026
The dingoes forced Peet into the surf, deploying the same hunting strategy that rangers say they use against large prey such as kangaroos and wallabies.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 19, 2023
On one Australian island, the light was so disruptive that wallabies, whose gestation is normally triggered by the summer solstice, ended up giving birth so much later in the season that food had run out.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2023
Boa constrictors, Komodo dragons, crocodiles, piranhas, ostriches, wolves, lynx, wallabies, manatees, porcupines, orangutans, wild boar—that’s the sort of rainfall you could expect on your umbrella.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
