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oolacunta

oolacunta noun: an extinct marsupial, the desert rat kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris), that lived in a sand-ridge and gibber-plain habitat in south-western Queensland and north-eastern Australia.

Noun

oolacunta (plural oolacuntas)

  1. An extinct marsupial, the desert rat kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris), that lived in a sand-ridge and gibber-plain habitat in south-western Queensland and north-eastern Australia.
    • The fabulous oolacunta, a rat kangaroo that is now extinct, streaked across the desert at speeds that made it seem to float above the ground.2007 July 25, William Grimes, “A Zoologist With a Pouch of Stories”, in New York Times

Forms of oolacunta

pluraloolacuntas

Origin of oolacunta

Aboriginal.

Questions about oolacunta

What does oolacunta mean?
Oolacunta means an extinct marsupial, the desert rat kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris), that lived in a sand-ridge and gibber-plain habitat in south-western Queensland and north-eastern Australia.
What part of speech is oolacunta?
Oolacunta is a noun.
What is the plural of oolacunta?
The plural of oolacunta is oolacuntas.

Words near oolacunta in the dictionary

  1. Oola
  2. oolachan
  3. oolachans
  4. oolachen
  5. oolachens
  6. oolacunta
  7. oolacuntas
  8. oolak
  9. oolakan
  10. oolakans
  11. oolaks

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