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wallaby
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun wallaby has 1 sense
- wallaby(n = noun.animal) brush kangaroo - any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos; often brightly colored; Array is a kind of kangaroo
has particulars: common wallaby, macropus agiles, hare wallaby, kangaroo hare, nail-tailed kangaroo, nail-tailed wallaby, rock kangaroo, rock wallaby, paddymelon, pademelon, tree kangaroo, tree wallaby
CIDE DICTIONARY
wallaby, n. [From a native name.].
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 (Halmaturus Bennettii ) and the pademelon (Halmaturus thetidis ). The wallabies chiefly inhabit the wooded district and bushy plains. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
wallaby, n. (pl. -ies)
1 any of various marsupials of the family Macropodidae, smaller than kangaroos, and having large hind feet and long tails.
2 (Wallabies) colloq. the Australian international Rugby Union team.
1 any of various marsupials of the family Macropodidae, smaller than kangaroos, and having large hind feet and long tails.
2 (Wallabies) colloq. the Australian international Rugby Union team.
Idiom
on the wallaby (or wallaby track) Austral. vagrant; unemployed.
Etymology
Aboriginal wolaba
ROGET THESAURUS
wallaby
Leap
N leap, jump, hop, spring, bound, vault, saltation, ance, caper, curvet, caracole, gambade, gambado, capriole, demivolt, buck, buck jump, hop skip and jump, falcade, kangaroo, jerboa, chamois, goat, frog, grasshopper, flea, buckjumper, wallaby, leaping, saltatory, frisky, on the light fantastic toe, di salto in salto.
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