Browse dictionary
Showing 1-4 of 4 results in 4 entries
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. wallaby, n. View full entry 1826
...A kangaroo belonging to any of the small species of the genus Macropus, formerly grouped as the sub-genus Halmaturus, or of the genera Onychogale (‘Nail-tailed Wallaby’),...
3. warrigal, n. and adj. View full entry 1838
...The wild dog of Australia, the dingo...
4. yarraman, n. View full entry 1848
...A horse....
