Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several large macropods of the genus Macropus, smaller than a kangaroo and larger than a wallaby, especially M. robustus, found throughout much of Australia.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A native name of some of the great kangaroos, as Macropus robustus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of kangaroos of the genus Macropus, especially
Macropus robustus , sometimes called thegreat wallaroo .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of three closely related species of moderately large
macropods , intermediate in size between thekangaroos and thewallabies . - noun The common wallaroo, Macropus robustus; the most common and widely spread species of the three.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Apparently, this wallaroo has the name Bandit, was some guy's pet until it escaped a couple weeks ago.
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Apparently, this wallaroo has the name Bandit, was some guy's pet until it escaped a couple weeks ago.
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The mammals include a number of well-known animals such as the eastern grey kangaroo Macropus giganteus, the red-necked wallaby M. rufogriseus, wallaroo M. robustus, koala Phasocarctos cinereus and wombat Vombatus ursinus, the greater glider Petaurus volans, the squirrel glider P. norfolcensis, mountain brushtailed possum Trichosurus caninus; also the rarer spotted-tailed quoll Dasyurus maculatus (VU), long-nosed potoroo Potorous tridactylus (VU), yellow-bellied glider Petaurus australis and brush-tailed rock wallaby Petrogale penicillata (VU).
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It has not yet been determined by baraminologists whether kangaroos form a holobaramin with the wallaby, tree-kangaroo, wallaroo, pademelon and quokka, or if all these species are in fact apobaraminic or polybaraminic.
Animals 2009
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The wallaroo can reach heights of 55 inches, enjoys rock climbing and grass and shrubs.
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The wallaroo can reach heights of 55 inches, enjoys rock climbing and grass and shrubs.
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Endemic mammals native to the sandstone massif include the Arnhem Land rock-rat (Zyzomys maini) and the black wallaroo (Macropus bernardus).
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Twenty two native mammals are found in the park including dingo Canis familiaris dingo, red kangaroo Macropus rufus, common wallaroo M. robustus, marsupial mole Notoryctes typhlops, spinifex hopping mouse Notomys alexis, several bat species including Australian false vampire Marcoderma gigas (V), bilby Macrotis lagotis (E), occasional short nosed echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus and several small marsupials and native rodents.
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His pets -- Bucky Buckaroo the wallaroo and Pancho the goat -- escaped and wandered around St. Lucie County before being captured.
January 2005 2005
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What's telling is to compile things like lists of English words for kangaroo or desert: roo, wallaby, wallaroo, joey, pademelon, euro ...
bilby commented on the word wallaroo
A marsupial macropod that sits/hops on the spectrum on between wallaby and kangaroo.
November 25, 2007
sionnach commented on the word wallaroo
But apparently not a hybrid.
January 28, 2009