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wallaby

noun/ˈwɑləbi/

wallaby: any of several species of macropod marsupials; usually smaller and stockier than kangaroos
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What It Means

Any of several species of macropod marsupials; usually smaller and stockier than kangaroos.

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Wallaby in Context

“Australia’s states and territories oversee management of kangaroos and wallabies but the federal government is involved in exports.”

— 2015 September 14, Oliver Milman, “California set to ban kangaroo imports despite lobbying efforts by Australia”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 12 Mar 2021

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Borrowed from Dharug wollabi (“swamp wallaby”).

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