Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various marsupials of the family Macropodidae of Australia and adjacent islands, resembling kangaroos but generally smaller.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A general native name of the smaller kangaroos of Australia, especially those of the genera Halmaturus and Petrogale; a rock-kangaroo.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of several species of
marsupial ; usually smaller and stockier thankangaroos
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos; often brightly colored
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A unique antimicrobial has been discovered in wallaby milk that could be used in hospitals to fight deadly antibiotic-resistant bacteria
April 20th, 2006 2006
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But the wallaby is a kangaroo, it's just a different size of kangaroo.
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But the wallaby is a kangaroo, it's just a different size of kangaroo.
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The wallaby is a smaller kind of kangaroo which is also hunted.
Town Life in Australia Richard Ernest Nowell Twopeny 1886
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There is also a small kind of kangaroo, called the wallaby, which, though I have not hunted, I have eaten.
A Boy's Voyage Round the World Samuel Smiles 1858
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Until this very moment I thought a wallaby was a kind of shoe, so you need to help me out.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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Until this very moment I thought a wallaby was a kind of shoe, so you need to help me out.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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The wallaby is a favourite food of the Tasmanian devil, yet the speed of this fellow's appearance has surprised even Mr King.
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The toys that Grooms remembers best from his childhood were a clawless hammer he wouldn't be without and a "wallaby," a play car that was steered with the feet and powered by pumping a
Stories: Local News 2009
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One correction, the wildlife manager says there hasn't been a documented sighting since 1990, but the Honolulu Advertiser noted a wandering wallaby in 2002.
Kalihi Wallabies 2009
chained_bear commented on the word wallaby
OED: A kangaroo belonging to any of the small species of the genus Macropus. All the species are confined to Australia and the neighbouring islands.
Me: Wallaby cute! They're pretty nifty creatures and really love orange-flavored mineral water.
February 7, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word wallaby
Cuteness. And more cuteness.
August 8, 2008
bilby commented on the word wallaby
Lay a wallaby baby ball away, Al.
October 18, 2008