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wallaroo

Syllables: wal·la·rooUK/ˌwɒləˈɹuː/US/ˌwɑləˈɹu/

wallaroo noun: any of three closely related species of moderately large macropods, intermediate in size between the kangaroos and the wallabies.

Noun (1)

wallaroo (plural wallaroos)

  1. Any of three closely related species of moderately large macropods, intermediate in size between the kangaroos and the wallabies.
    1. A common wallaroo (Macropus robustus), the most common and widespread species of the three.

Noun (2) capitalized: Wallaroo

Wallaroo (plural Wallaroos)

  1. (Australia) Someone who plays for the Australia women's national rugby union team.

Proper noun capitalized: Wallaroo

Wallaroo

  1. A locality in the Yass Valley council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.

wallaroo meaning in Tamil and Malay

wallaroo in Tamil

பெரிய இனக்கங்காரு வகை

wallaroo in Malay

any of three intermediate-size macropods
walaru
Macropus robustus
walaru

Forms of wallaroo

pluralwallaroos
pluralWallaroos

Origin of wallaroo

Borrowed from Dharug walaru. Not, in fact, a blend of wallaby and kangaroo, although the fact that wallaroos are between wallabies and kangaroos in size may lead to that assumption.

Phrases with wallaroo

Questions about wallaroo

What does wallaroo mean?
Wallaroo means any of three closely related species of moderately large macropods, intermediate in size between the kangaroos and the wallabies.
What is wallaroo in Tamil?
Wallaroo in Tamil is பெரிய இனக்கங்காரு வகை. See Wallaroo meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is wallaroo?
Wallaroo can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce wallaroo?
Wallaroo is pronounced /ˌwɒləˈɹuː/ (UK).
What is the plural of wallaroo?
The plural of wallaroo is wallaroos.

Words near wallaroo in the dictionary

  1. Wallander
  2. Wallanders
  3. Wallangra
  4. Wallanthery
  5. Wallarah
  6. wallaroo
  7. wallaroos
  8. wallas
  9. Wallasea Island
  10. Wallasey
  11. Wallawalla

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wallaroo (page history and authors); Wallaroo (page history and authors); wallaroo (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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