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Wallaby  n.  (pl. wallabies)  (Written also wallabee, and whallabee)  (Zool.) 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.





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"Wallaby" Quotes from Famous Books



... miles you have to do it. Travelling with the swag in Australia is variously and picturesquely described as "humping bluey," "walking Matilda," "humping Matilda," "humping your drum," "being on the wallaby," "jabbing trotters," and "tea and sugar burglaring," but most travelling shearers now call themselves trav'lers, and say simply "on the track," or ...
— Children of the Bush • Henry Lawson


Words linked to "Wallaby" :   brush kangaroo, rock kangaroo, nail-tailed kangaroo, tree kangaroo, paddymelon, nail-tailed wallaby, hare wallaby, rock wallaby, kangaroo hare, pademelon, kangaroo


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