English Explanatory Dictionary

wallaby

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several species of macropod marsupials; usually smaller and stockier than kangaroos.
noun
  1. A player for the Wallabies, the Australian national rugby union team.

Pronunciation

/ˈwɒləbi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wallaby.wav /ˈwɑləbi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-wallaby.wav

Word forms

wallaby wallabies

Etymology

Borrowed from Dharug wollabi (“swamp wallaby”).

Related words

joey kangaroo marsupial boomer Wallabies

Derived words

agile wallaby antilopine wallaby banded hare-wallaby Bennett's wallaby black-footed rock wallaby black-gloved wallaby black-striped wallaby black-tailed wallaby black wallaby central hare-wallaby dama wallaby eastern hare-wallaby hare-wallaby little rock wallaby nail-tail wallaby nailtail wallaby on the wallaby on the wallaby track parma wallaby pretty-faced wallaby pretty-face wallaby red-necked wallaby rock-wallaby scrub wallaby spectacled hare-wallaby swamp wallaby tammar wallaby toolache wallaby wallaby grass western brush wallaby whiptail wallaby white-throated wallaby
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