Definition of wallaby in English:

wallaby

nounPlural wallabies ˈwɒləbiˈwɑləbi

1An Australasian marsupial that is similar to, but smaller than, a kangaroo.
Family Macropodidae: several genera and numerous species
Example sentencesExamples
- The potoroids are a family of diprotodont marsupials believed to be closely allied with the kangaroos and wallabies and sometimes grouped as a subfamily within that family.
- At dusk pademelons and wallabies come out while sugar gliders float through the forest canopy.
- The mammals the researchers studied were the platypus, echidna, opossum, wallaby, hedgehog, mouse, rat, rabbit, cow, pig, bat, tree shrew, colugo, ringtail lemur, and humans.
- For many years the island's white beaches were stained with the blood of tens of thousands of whales, seals, kangaroos, wallabies and possums.
- In the wild, its main food supply consists of small wallabies and kangaroos, birds, lizards and probably frogs and crayfish.
- We still got an opossum, a red kangaroo, a Bennett wallaby, too, and millipedes, and a kookaburra, whatever that is.
- At Cohunu Wildlife Park in Kelmscott you can wander right among the kangaroos and wallabies.
- After seeing a fox, wallabies thumped their hind feet in alarm, suppressed foraging, and increased looking.
- Call it what you will, the Tasmanian Tiger still has more in common with its Australian marsupial cousins, such as kangaroos, wallabies, and koalas, than with actual tigers, wolves, or hyenas.
- When I was a child I can remember I had kangaroo rats, wallabies, wallaroos, brush wallabies, all different marsupials as pets, and they were really very, very interesting.
- We've had a lot of problems with kangaroos and wallabies, but we're working towards that now.
- This episode deals with the different types of animals featured in the outback, including kangaroos, wallabies, koalas, and other fuzzy, cute animals running around Australia.
- So the extension of the term ‘marsupial’ is the set of all marsupials: kangaroos, wallabies, wombats, and so on.
- Other animals to be included in the Night Safari project include 40 from Australia, including kangaroos, koalas and wallabies, as well as 1,700 animals from Thailand's own national parks.
- It is also my first chance to see the wonderfully unique wildlife here; kangaroos, wallabies, wombats, pademelons, possums, and various unique birds.
- So the cassowaries, kookaburras, koalas, kangaroos, crocodiles and wallabies that one goes to Australia in the hope of seeing are all there.
- Outdoors I came over all goofy while hand-feeding wallabies and kangaroos.
- Around us, free-ranging mobs of Forester kangaroos and Bennett's wallabies roam between the various animal pens.
- And all these animals lived there-big glider possums, pygmy possums, koalas, kangaroos and wallabies, wombats, platypus, just everything in the trees, on the ground and in the creeks.
- Famous for its unusual cuisine, the Red Ochre Grill in Alice Springs specialises in Australian delicacies such as kangaroo, wallaby, emu, camel, crocodile, barramundi and yabbies.
1. 1.1informal The Australian international rugby union team.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Wallabies fly-half Stephen Larkham has claimed Argentina will do "whatever it takes" to win the game on 10 October.

Phrases

on the wallaby (track)

dated, informal (of a person) unemployed and having no fixed address.
during the Depression thousands of Australians went on the wallaby
Example sentencesExamples
- This would encourage them to get on the wallaby when they will surely find a job.
- Not-working the river is a grand, unacknowledged tradition: from those carrying their swag on the wallaby with a Wagga blanket to these days of stashed polyester on corrugated Amcor or Visyboard.
- With the world rushing towards the Great Depression many old Diggers found themselves out of work, out of luck and out on the wallaby track.
- Swagmen and swagwomen tramped the country roads alone or in pairs in search of seasonal work, a situation referred to as ‘on the wallaby’.
- That's the way to get this country back on its feet - by getting the poor back on their knees. Or on the wallaby.
Synonyms
destitute, poverty-stricken, impoverished, indigent, penniless, insolvent, impecunious, ruined, pauperized, without a penny to one's name, without two farthings to rub together, without two pennies to rub together

Origin

Early 19th century: from Dharuk walabi or waliba.

Definition of wallaby in US English:

wallaby

nounˈwäləbēˈwɑləbi

An Australasian marsupial that is similar to, but smaller than, a kangaroo.
Family Macropodidae: several genera and numerous species, including the agile wallaby (Macropus agilis)
Example sentencesExamples
- At Cohunu Wildlife Park in Kelmscott you can wander right among the kangaroos and wallabies.
- So the extension of the term ‘marsupial’ is the set of all marsupials: kangaroos, wallabies, wombats, and so on.
- This episode deals with the different types of animals featured in the outback, including kangaroos, wallabies, koalas, and other fuzzy, cute animals running around Australia.
- The mammals the researchers studied were the platypus, echidna, opossum, wallaby, hedgehog, mouse, rat, rabbit, cow, pig, bat, tree shrew, colugo, ringtail lemur, and humans.
- We've had a lot of problems with kangaroos and wallabies, but we're working towards that now.
- And all these animals lived there-big glider possums, pygmy possums, koalas, kangaroos and wallabies, wombats, platypus, just everything in the trees, on the ground and in the creeks.
- Around us, free-ranging mobs of Forester kangaroos and Bennett's wallabies roam between the various animal pens.
- Call it what you will, the Tasmanian Tiger still has more in common with its Australian marsupial cousins, such as kangaroos, wallabies, and koalas, than with actual tigers, wolves, or hyenas.
- For many years the island's white beaches were stained with the blood of tens of thousands of whales, seals, kangaroos, wallabies and possums.
- When I was a child I can remember I had kangaroo rats, wallabies, wallaroos, brush wallabies, all different marsupials as pets, and they were really very, very interesting.
- We still got an opossum, a red kangaroo, a Bennett wallaby, too, and millipedes, and a kookaburra, whatever that is.
- Outdoors I came over all goofy while hand-feeding wallabies and kangaroos.
- After seeing a fox, wallabies thumped their hind feet in alarm, suppressed foraging, and increased looking.
- At dusk pademelons and wallabies come out while sugar gliders float through the forest canopy.
- In the wild, its main food supply consists of small wallabies and kangaroos, birds, lizards and probably frogs and crayfish.
- Famous for its unusual cuisine, the Red Ochre Grill in Alice Springs specialises in Australian delicacies such as kangaroo, wallaby, emu, camel, crocodile, barramundi and yabbies.
- So the cassowaries, kookaburras, koalas, kangaroos, crocodiles and wallabies that one goes to Australia in the hope of seeing are all there.
- Other animals to be included in the Night Safari project include 40 from Australia, including kangaroos, koalas and wallabies, as well as 1,700 animals from Thailand's own national parks.
- It is also my first chance to see the wonderfully unique wildlife here; kangaroos, wallabies, wombats, pademelons, possums, and various unique birds.
- The potoroids are a family of diprotodont marsupials believed to be closely allied with the kangaroos and wallabies and sometimes grouped as a subfamily within that family.

Origin

Early 19th century: from Dharuk walabi or waliba.

单词	wallaby
释义	Definition of wallaby in English: wallaby nounPlural wallabies ˈwɒləbiˈwɑləbi 1An Australasian marsupial that is similar to, but smaller than, a kangaroo. Family Macropodidae: several genera and numerous species Example sentencesExamples The potoroids are a family of diprotodont marsupials believed to be closely allied with the kangaroos and wallabies and sometimes grouped as a subfamily within that family. At dusk pademelons and wallabies come out while sugar gliders float through the forest canopy. The mammals the researchers studied were the platypus, echidna, opossum, wallaby, hedgehog, mouse, rat, rabbit, cow, pig, bat, tree shrew, colugo, ringtail lemur, and humans. For many years the island's white beaches were stained with the blood of tens of thousands of whales, seals, kangaroos, wallabies and possums. In the wild, its main food supply consists of small wallabies and kangaroos, birds, lizards and probably frogs and crayfish. We still got an opossum, a red kangaroo, a Bennett wallaby, too, and millipedes, and a kookaburra, whatever that is. At Cohunu Wildlife Park in Kelmscott you can wander right among the kangaroos and wallabies. After seeing a fox, wallabies thumped their hind feet in alarm, suppressed foraging, and increased looking. Call it what you will, the Tasmanian Tiger still has more in common with its Australian marsupial cousins, such as kangaroos, wallabies, and koalas, than with actual tigers, wolves, or hyenas. When I was a child I can remember I had kangaroo rats, wallabies, wallaroos, brush wallabies, all different marsupials as pets, and they were really very, very interesting. We've had a lot of problems with kangaroos and wallabies, but we're working towards that now. This episode deals with the different types of animals featured in the outback, including kangaroos, wallabies, koalas, and other fuzzy, cute animals running around Australia. So the extension of the term ‘marsupial’ is the set of all marsupials: kangaroos, wallabies, wombats, and so on. Other animals to be included in the Night Safari project include 40 from Australia, including kangaroos, koalas and wallabies, as well as 1,700 animals from Thailand's own national parks. It is also my first chance to see the wonderfully unique wildlife here; kangaroos, wallabies, wombats, pademelons, possums, and various unique birds. So the cassowaries, kookaburras, koalas, kangaroos, crocodiles and wallabies that one goes to Australia in the hope of seeing are all there. Outdoors I came over all goofy while hand-feeding wallabies and kangaroos. Around us, free-ranging mobs of Forester kangaroos and Bennett's wallabies roam between the various animal pens. And all these animals lived there-big glider possums, pygmy possums, koalas, kangaroos and wallabies, wombats, platypus, just everything in the trees, on the ground and in the creeks. Famous for its unusual cuisine, the Red Ochre Grill in Alice Springs specialises in Australian delicacies such as kangaroo, wallaby, emu, camel, crocodile, barramundi and yabbies. 1.1informal The Australian international rugby union team. Example sentencesExamples Wallabies fly-half Stephen Larkham has claimed Argentina will do "whatever it takes" to win the game on 10 October. Phrases on the wallaby (track) dated, informal (of a person) unemployed and having no fixed address. during the Depression thousands of Australians went on the wallaby Example sentencesExamples This would encourage them to get on the wallaby when they will surely find a job. Not-working the river is a grand, unacknowledged tradition: from those carrying their swag on the wallaby with a Wagga blanket to these days of stashed polyester on corrugated Amcor or Visyboard. With the world rushing towards the Great Depression many old Diggers found themselves out of work, out of luck and out on the wallaby track. Swagmen and swagwomen tramped the country roads alone or in pairs in search of seasonal work, a situation referred to as ‘on the wallaby’. That's the way to get this country back on its feet - by getting the poor back on their knees. Or on the wallaby. Synonyms destitute, poverty-stricken, impoverished, indigent, penniless, insolvent, impecunious, ruined, pauperized, without a penny to one's name, without two farthings to rub together, without two pennies to rub together Origin Early 19th century: from Dharuk walabi or waliba. noun.1 phr. Definition of wallaby in US English: wallaby nounˈwäləbēˈwɑləbi An Australasian marsupial that is similar to, but smaller than, a kangaroo. Family Macropodidae: several genera and numerous species, including the agile wallaby (Macropus agilis) Example sentencesExamples At Cohunu Wildlife Park in Kelmscott you can wander right among the kangaroos and wallabies. So the extension of the term ‘marsupial’ is the set of all marsupials: kangaroos, wallabies, wombats, and so on. This episode deals with the different types of animals featured in the outback, including kangaroos, wallabies, koalas, and other fuzzy, cute animals running around Australia. The mammals the researchers studied were the platypus, echidna, opossum, wallaby, hedgehog, mouse, rat, rabbit, cow, pig, bat, tree shrew, colugo, ringtail lemur, and humans. We've had a lot of problems with kangaroos and wallabies, but we're working towards that now. And all these animals lived there-big glider possums, pygmy possums, koalas, kangaroos and wallabies, wombats, platypus, just everything in the trees, on the ground and in the creeks. Around us, free-ranging mobs of Forester kangaroos and Bennett's wallabies roam between the various animal pens. Call it what you will, the Tasmanian Tiger still has more in common with its Australian marsupial cousins, such as kangaroos, wallabies, and koalas, than with actual tigers, wolves, or hyenas. For many years the island's white beaches were stained with the blood of tens of thousands of whales, seals, kangaroos, wallabies and possums. When I was a child I can remember I had kangaroo rats, wallabies, wallaroos, brush wallabies, all different marsupials as pets, and they were really very, very interesting. We still got an opossum, a red kangaroo, a Bennett wallaby, too, and millipedes, and a kookaburra, whatever that is. Outdoors I came over all goofy while hand-feeding wallabies and kangaroos. After seeing a fox, wallabies thumped their hind feet in alarm, suppressed foraging, and increased looking. At dusk pademelons and wallabies come out while sugar gliders float through the forest canopy. In the wild, its main food supply consists of small wallabies and kangaroos, birds, lizards and probably frogs and crayfish. Famous for its unusual cuisine, the Red Ochre Grill in Alice Springs specialises in Australian delicacies such as kangaroo, wallaby, emu, camel, crocodile, barramundi and yabbies. So the cassowaries, kookaburras, koalas, kangaroos, crocodiles and wallabies that one goes to Australia in the hope of seeing are all there. Other animals to be included in the Night Safari project include 40 from Australia, including kangaroos, koalas and wallabies, as well as 1,700 animals from Thailand's own national parks. It is also my first chance to see the wonderfully unique wildlife here; kangaroos, wallabies, wombats, pademelons, possums, and various unique birds. The potoroids are a family of diprotodont marsupials believed to be closely allied with the kangaroos and wallabies and sometimes grouped as a subfamily within that family. Origin Early 19th century: from Dharuk walabi or waliba.
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