Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Wallaby"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Wallaby \Wal"la*by\, n.; pl. {Wallabies}. [From a native name.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of kangaroos belonging to the
genus {Halmaturus}, native of Australia and Tasmania,
especially the smaller species, as the brush kangaroo ({H.
Bennettii}) and the pademelon ({H. thetidis}). The wallabies
chiefly inhabit the wooded district and bushy plains.
[Written also {wallabee}, and {whallabee}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
wallaby
n : any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos often
brightly colored [syn: {brush kangaroo}]
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