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wallaby |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wallaby \Wal"la*by\, n.; pl {Wallabies}. [From a native name.] (Zo["o]l.) 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. [Written also {wallabee}, and {whallabee}.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: wallaby n : any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos often brightly colored [syn: {brush kangaroo}]
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