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nounPlural joeys ˈdʒəʊiˈdʒoʊi 1A young kangaroo or other marsupial. Example sentencesExamples - Because it is protected in the pouch, the joeys are surviving the car accidents that kill their mother.
- And the privacy has proved decidedly fruitful - all six female wallabies have given birth to joeys, almost doubling the park's population.
- And you can't tell how many joeys they've got in their pouch when you shoot them.
- There were lots of eye-opening moments: a pride of lions up close, rhinos on guard, mummy wallaby with little joey.
- Many of these animals require intensive care, which at times has meant Megan has had a young bird or possum joey with her at work.
- Kill quotas for 2001 were 5.5 million - but this figure ignores joeys, road deaths, illegal and non-commercial kills.
- The dogs had apparently zeroed in on a joey who, being younger, couldn't keep up.
- She says once she was driving through a National Park and recognised one of the roos to be Jack, a joey she'd reared years earlier.
- However, the main problem with all kangaroo shooting remains the fate of joeys.
- After three months, the developed joey emerges from the pouch to make short trips in the outside world.
- It belonged to her joey who was doing yoga poses in her pouch.
- In those days they used to say you couldn't nurture young joeys because you couldn't foster them.
- The joey returns to the pouch to suckle until it is weaned between 8 and 12 months.
- We also wouldn't have gotten the photos of the kangaroos and joeys, which was a really nice thing to find on the trail.
- 1.1Australian informal A baby or young child.
Origin Mid 19th century: of uncertain origin. Rhymes blowy, doughy, showy, snowy, toey, towy, Zoë nounPlural joeysˈdʒəʊiˈdʒoʊi historical Origin 1930s: diminutive of the pet name Joe: the derivation remains unknown. The term (originally London slang) denoted a fourpenny piece in the 19th century. nounˈjōēˈdʒoʊi 1A young kangaroo or other marsupial. Example sentencesExamples - The dogs had apparently zeroed in on a joey who, being younger, couldn't keep up.
- Because it is protected in the pouch, the joeys are surviving the car accidents that kill their mother.
- However, the main problem with all kangaroo shooting remains the fate of joeys.
- The joey returns to the pouch to suckle until it is weaned between 8 and 12 months.
- Kill quotas for 2001 were 5.5 million - but this figure ignores joeys, road deaths, illegal and non-commercial kills.
- We also wouldn't have gotten the photos of the kangaroos and joeys, which was a really nice thing to find on the trail.
- In those days they used to say you couldn't nurture young joeys because you couldn't foster them.
- And the privacy has proved decidedly fruitful - all six female wallabies have given birth to joeys, almost doubling the park's population.
- Many of these animals require intensive care, which at times has meant Megan has had a young bird or possum joey with her at work.
- It belonged to her joey who was doing yoga poses in her pouch.
- And you can't tell how many joeys they've got in their pouch when you shoot them.
- There were lots of eye-opening moments: a pride of lions up close, rhinos on guard, mummy wallaby with little joey.
- She says once she was driving through a National Park and recognised one of the roos to be Jack, a joey she'd reared years earlier.
- After three months, the developed joey emerges from the pouch to make short trips in the outside world.
- 1.1Australian informal A baby or young child.
Origin Mid 19th century: of uncertain origin. Origin 1930s: diminutive of the pet name Joe: the derivation remains unknown. The term (originally London slang) denoted a fourpenny piece in the 19th century. |