单词 | quokka |
释义 | quokkan. A very small wallaby, Setonix brachyurus, with a short face, rounded ears, and a short tail, found on two islands off south-western Australia and (locally) on the adjacent mainland. Also called short-tailed wallaby. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [noun] > family Macropodidae > wallaby > other types of banded kangaroo1836 hare-kangaroo1841 melon1847 nail-tailed wallaby1859 tammar1926 quokka1928 nail-tail wallaby1965 1928 J. Pollard Bushland Vagabonds 225 A shadow skippin' among them rocks looked to me like a quagga or some other wallaby. 1943 C. Barrett Austral. Animal Bk. xi. 96 The quokka or short-tailed pademelon..inhabits the coastal districts of South-western Australia. 1970 W. D. L. Ride Guide Native Mammals Austral. 50 Until the mid-1930s the Quokka was a very common animal in the South West where it occurred in swampy thickets. 2005 Wine Internat. Jan. (Austral. Life Suppl.) 34/3 Tourists do come to visit the cute and tame quokkas. These small marsupials..look like a cross between a tiny wallaby and a rat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1928 |
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