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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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