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1. kangaroo, n. View full entry 1773
...A marsupial mammal of the family Macropodidæ, remarkable for the great development of the hind-quarters and the leaping-power resulting from this. The species are natives of Australia, Tasmania, Papua, and...
2. mallee, n. View full entry 1845
...More fully mallee scrub. A vegetation community consisting of dense scrub dominated by low-growing bushy eucalypts, characteristic of semi-desert areas of Victoria and some other parts of southern Australia....
3. mulga, n. View full entry 1839
...An item, esp. a shield or club, made of the wood of a mulga tree (see sense 2)....
4. waratah, n. View full entry 1793
...A name for Australian shrubs of the genus Telopea (N.O. Proteaceæ), esp. T. speciosissima and T. oreades, which bear crimson or scarlet flowers in...
5. woop woop, n. View full entry 1926
...A jocular name for a remote rural town or district; also (without the and with capital initials) as the name of an imaginary place in a remote area. ...
6. yandy, v. View full entry 1937
...trans. To separate (grass seed) from refuse by shaking the mixture in a special way; to separate (ore) similarly or by winnowing....
