any wallaby of the genus Petrogale, having a banded or striped coat, slender body, and long legs and feet, inhabiting caves and rocky areas in Australia
Word origin
[1835–45]This word is first recorded in the period 1835–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: basic, communism, ecumenical, hot plate, protein
Examples of 'rock wallaby' in a sentence
rock wallaby
There are rock wallabies hopping along the dunes.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
We repeatedly rattle off our sightings: turtles, dolphins, sea snakes, rock wallabies, bats.