wombat
wom·bat
W0204700 (wŏm′băt′)wombat
(ˈwɒmbæt)wom•bat
(ˈwɒm bæt)n.
| Noun | 1. |  wombat - burrowing herbivorous Australian marsupials about the size of a badger |
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| 释义 | wombatwom·batW0204700 (wŏm′băt′)wombat(ˈwɒmbæt)wom•bat(ˈwɒm bæt)n.
wombatwombat(ˈwɑmbæt)wombatwombat,shy marsupialmarsupial, member of the order Marsupialia, or pouched mammals. With the exception of the New World opossums and an obscure S American family (Caenolestidae), marsupials are now found only in Australia, Tasmania, New Guinea, and a few adjacent islands. ..... Click the link for more information. of Australia and Tasmania, related to the koala. The wombat is a thick-set animal with a large head, short legs (giving it a shuffling gait), and a very short tail. It is about 3 ft (91.5 cm) long. Its snout is either naked, as in the species Vombatus ursinus, or furred, as in Lasiorhinus latifrons. Its incisors, the only teeth, grow continually, like those of rodents. Wombats are native to savanna forests and grasslands. They are solitary, nocturnal animals that feed chiefly on grass, roots, and bark and have been known to gnaw down large trees. They are powerful burrowers, digging tunnels by lying on their sides and pushing out soil with their feet. Their burrows, which may be 100 ft (31.5 m) long, terminate in grassy nests. A single infant is carried by its mother in a marsupial pouch for a period of 6 to 12 months. Extinct wombats as large as hippopotamuses are known from fossil evidence. Wombats are classified in the phylum ChordataChordata , phylum of animals having a notochord, or dorsal stiffening rod, as the chief internal skeletal support at some stage of their development. Most chordates are vertebrates (animals with backbones), but the phylum also includes some small marine invertebrate animals. ..... Click the link for more information. , subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Marsupialia, family Vombatidae. wombatWOMBAT(1)Problems which are both profoundly uninteresting inthemselves and unlikely to benefit anyone interesting even ifsolved. Often used in fanciful constructions such as"wrestling with a wombat". See also crawling horror, SMOP. wombat(programming)wombat(computer)WOMBATWOMBAT
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