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1. budgeree, adj. View full entry 1793
...Good, excellent....
2. dingo, n. View full entry 1789
...The wild, or semi-domesticated dog of Australia, Canis dingo....
3. 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...
4. koradji, n. View full entry 1793
...Amongst the Australian Aborigines, a medicine-man....
5. mogo, n. View full entry 1798
...An Australian Aboriginal stone hatchet....
6. nulla-nulla, n. View full entry 1798
...A wooden club, traditionally used by Australian Aborigines as a tool for hunting or a weapon for fighting....
7. potoroo, n. View full entry 1790
...Any of the rat kangaroos constituting the genus Potorous (family Potoroidae), found in dense scrub and grassland in Australia and Tasmania. ...
8. quoll, n. View full entry 1773
...Any of the marsupial native cats (genus Dasyurus) of Australasia; esp. (more fully eastern quoll) D. viverrinus of south-eastern Australia and Tasmania. Cf. ...
9. 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...
10. wombat, n. View full entry 1798
...Any of three bear-like, burrowing Australian marsupials constituting the family Vombatidae, having a heavily-built body with short legs, a very short tail, and rodent-like teeth; esp. the common...
