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woylie

woylie noun: a species of bettong, Bettongia penicillata.

woylie: a species of bettong, Bettongia penicillata
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Noun

woylie (plural woylies)

  1. (Australia) A species of bettong, Bettongia penicillata.
    • Woylies are sometimes referred to as brush-tailed rat kangaroos. This alternative name is an apt description of these small marsupials.1996, Rees Barrett, Peter Dent, Place, Patter and Process, page 89
    • It's a whodunit involving the woylie, the marsupial poster-child for recovery programs involving endangered animals.2007, The Bulletin, numbers 6559-6566, page 27
    Synonyms:
    brush-tailed bettong

Synonyms of woylie

  • brush-tailed bettong

Forms of woylie

pluralwoylies

Origin of woylie

From Nyunga walyu.

Questions about woylie

What does woylie mean?
Woylie means a species of bettong, Bettongia penicillata.
What part of speech is woylie?
Woylie is a noun.
What is the plural of woylie?
The plural of woylie is woylies.

Words near woylie in the dictionary

  1. Woyawais
  2. woyewoda
  3. woyewodas
  4. woyewode
  5. woyewodes
  6. woylie
  7. woylies
  8. woyote
  9. woyotes
  10. woywod
  11. woywode

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