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quokka in British English
(ˈkwɒkə)
noun
a small wallaby, Setonix brachyurus, of Western Australia, occurring mostly on offshore islands
Word origin
from a native Australian languagequokka in American English
(ˈkwɑkə)
noun
a small wallaby (Setonix brachyurus) with a short tail
quokka in American English
(ˈkwɑkə)
noun
a small wallaby, Setonix brachyurus, inhabiting islands and swampy areas in southwestern Australia
Word origin
[1860–65; ‹ Nyungar kwaka]This word is first recorded in the period 1860–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: big brother, calibrate, monism, prep, raiderImage ofquokka
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Word lists withquokka
marsupial- subject-matter
- subject pronoun
- subject-raising
- subjectship
- subject to
- subject to availability
- subject to sth
- subjoin
- subjoinder
- sub judice
- sub-judice
- subjugable
- subjugate
- subjugation
- subjugator
- subjunction
- subjunctive
- subjunctively
- subkingdom
- sublanceolate
- sublanguage
- sublapsarian
- sublapsarianism
- sublate
- sublation