whiptail wallaby

/ (ˈwɪpˌteɪl) /

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noun

a wallaby of NE Australia, Macropus parryi, with a long slender tail

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Words nearby whiptail wallaby

whipstitch, whipstock, whiptail, whip-tailed, whip-tailed ray, whiptail wallaby, whip up, whipworm, whir, whirl, whirlabout

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How to use whiptail wallaby in a sentence

They asked the director of the Buffalo Zoo for some wallaby hair.
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One of the police shot a large cassowary, and also a large wild pig and a wallaby, so there was plenty of food for all.
Wanderings Among South Sea Savages And in Borneo and the Philippines|H. Wilfrid Walker
We also saw wallaby, and numerous tracks of cassowary and wild pig.
Wanderings Among South Sea Savages And in Borneo and the Philippines|H. Wilfrid Walker
Relationship of two whiptail lizards (genus Cnemidophorus) in western Mexico.
The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacn, Mxico|William E. Duellman

The Fitzroy wallaby was plentiful, and the Leader shot an emeu.
The Overland Expedition of The Messrs. Jardine|Frank Jardine and Alexander Jardine
The wallaby is a smaller kind of kangaroo which is also hunted.
Town Life in Australia|R. E. N. (Richard) Twopeny