6 definitions found for Wallaby

wallaby n 1: any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos; often brightly colored [syn: wallaby, brush kangaroo]

wallaby noun (plural wallabies; also wallaby) Etymology: Dharuk (Australian aboriginal language of the Port Jackson area) walabi, waliba Date: circa 1798 any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos (especially genus Macropus) — compare rock wallaby

wallaby
n. (pl. -ies)
1 any of various marsupials of the family Macropodidae, smaller than kangaroos, and having large hind feet and long tails.
2 (Wallabies) colloq. the Australian international Rugby Union team.
Phrases and idioms:
on the wallaby (or wallaby track) Austral. vagrant; unemployed.
Etymology: Aboriginal wolaba

wallaby (wallabies) A wallaby is an animal similar to a small kangaroo. Wallabies live in Australia and New Guinea. N-COUNT

wallaby ˈwɔləbɪ n. (pl. -ies) 1 any of various marsupials of the family Macropodidae, smaller than kangaroos, and having large hind feet and long tails. 2 (Wallabies) colloq. the Australian international Rugby Union team. øon the wallaby (or wallaby track) Austral. vagrant; unemployed. [Aboriginal wolaba]

Wallaby Wal"la*by, n.; pl. Wallabies. [From a native name.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of kangaroos belonging to the genus Halmaturus, native of Australia and Tasmania, especially the smaller species, as the brush kangaroo (H. Bennettii) and the pademelon (H. thetidis). The wallabies chiefly inhabit the wooded district and bushy plains. [Written also wallabee, and whallabee.]