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warrah

/wɑˈɹɑ/

warrah noun: a Falkland Islands wolf (Dusicyon australis), a canid that became extinct in 1876.

warrah: a Falkland Islands wolf (Dusicyon australis), a canid that became extinct in 1876
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Noun

warrah (plural warrahs)

  1. A Falkland Islands wolf (Dusicyon australis), a canid that became extinct in 1876.
    • A few still live on the remote coasts of Tierra del Fuego, and though warrahs and gauchos vanished from the Falklands soon after Darwin's visit, striated caracaras still cling to life on the archipelago's outer islands, where they hunt and scavenge in colonies of penguins, seals, and albatrosses.2021, Jonathan Meiburg, A Most Remarkable Creature: The Hidden Life of the World's Smartest Birds of Prey, Vintage, →ISBN, page 8

Proper noun capitalized: Warrah

Warrah

  1. A locality in the Liverpool Plains council area, central New South Wales, Australia.

Forms of warrah

pluralwarrahs

Origin of warrah

From Paraguayan Guarani aguara (“fox”), via Spanish guará.

Words formed from warrah

Questions about warrah

What does warrah mean?
Warrah means a Falkland Islands wolf (Dusicyon australis), a canid that became extinct in 1876.
What part of speech is warrah?
Warrah can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce warrah?
Warrah is pronounced /wɑˈɹɑ/.
What is the plural of warrah?
The plural of warrah is warrahs.

Words near warrah in the dictionary

  1. Warragoon
  2. warragul
  3. Warragul South
  4. Warragul West
  5. warraguls
  6. warrah
  7. Warrah Creek
  8. Warrah Ridge
  9. warrahs
  10. Warrak
  11. Warral

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