Hypertext Webster Gateway: "wombat"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Wombat \Wom"bat\, n. [From the native name, womback, wombach, in
Australia.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of three species of Australian burrowing marsupials
of the genus {Phascolomys}, especially the common species
({P. ursinus}). They are nocturnal in their habits, and feed
mostly on roots.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
wombat
n : burrowing herbivorous Australian marsupials about the size
of a badger
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