Wallaby

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Any one of numerous species of kangaroos belonging to the genus Halmaturus, native of Australia and Tasmania, especially the smaller species, as the brush kangaroo (H. Bennettii) and the pademelon (H. thetidis). The wallabies chiefly inhabit the wooded district and bushy plains.

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wallaby
I. n. a name used for the smaller kindsof Kangaroos of the genus Macropus (q.v.), formerlyclassed a...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
banded-wallaby
n. sometimes called Banded-Kangaroo. See Lagostrophus and Wallaby. ...

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hare-wallaby
n. See hare-kangaroo, wallaby, and lagorchestes. ...

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rock-wallaby
n. the popular name for anyanimal of the genus Petrogale (q.v.). There are sixspecies – – Brush-tai...

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wallaby-bush
n. a tall shrub or tree, Beyeria viscosa, Miq., N.O. Euphorbiaceae.Same as the Pinkwood of Tasmania...

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wallaby-grass
n. an Australian grass, Danthonia penicillata, F. v. M., N.O. Gramineae. 1889. J. H. Maiden, `Usef...

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wallaby-skin
the skin, with the hair on it,of the wallaby, prized as a warm and ornamental fur for rugs. 1890. `...

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nail-tailed wallaby
n. See onychogale. ...

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wallaby track, on the
or On the Wallaby,or Out on the Wallaby or simply Wallaby ,as adj. [slang]. Tramping the country ...

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