| 单词 | rock wallaby |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrock wallaby rock wallaby n. any of various small Australian wallabies constituting the genera Petrogale and Peradorcas, inhabiting rocky areas (frequently with distinguishing word); cf. rock kangaroo n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [noun] > family Macropodidae > wallaby > genus Petrogale (rock wallaby) badger1803 rock kangaroo1826 rock wallaby1841 rock kangaroo1846 1841 J. Gould Monogr. Macropodidæ i. pl. 5 The Great Rock Wallaby..inhabits summits of sterile and rocky mountains. 1884 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Old Melbourne Mem. viii. 58 A light active chap, spinning over the stones like a rock-wallaby. 1935 F. Birtles Battle Fronts Outback 141 Rock wallabies, in frantic haste, bounded up the hillsides. 2002 G. M. Eberhart Mysterious Creatures II. 625/1 Proserpine rock wallaby, Petrogale persephone. The largest rock wallaby, discovered in 1976 near Proserpine, Queensland. < as lemmas |
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