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1. Aranda, n. and adj. View full entry 1891
...An aboriginal people of central Australia; a member of this people....
2. bangalay, n. View full entry 1884
...Bastard mahogany....
3. bangalow, n. View full entry 1851
...Either of two Australian palms of the genus Archontophœnix, esp. A. cunninghamiana, having feathery leaves. Also attrib....
4. barramundi, n. View full entry 1873
...Any of various chiefly freshwater fishes; (now) spec. the Asian seabass, Lates calcarifer....
5. belah, n. View full entry 1862
...The Australian name for various trees, chiefly of the genus Casuarina; also the wood of these trees....
6. billabong, n. View full entry 1865
...A branch or effluent of a river, forming a blind channel, backwater, or stagnant pool....
7. bingy, n. View full entry 1859
...The stomach, belly. Also attrib....
8. bogy | bogey, n.2 View full entry 1849
...A bathe....
9. boobyalla, n. View full entry 1835
...A name in Australia for the Australian wattle....
10. boomerang, n. View full entry 1827
...An Australian missile weapon: a curved piece of hard wood from two to three feet long, with a sharp edge along the convexity of the curve. It is so made as to...
11. boongary, n. View full entry 1889
...The tree-kangaroo of North Queensland, Dendrolagus lumholtzii....
12. bora, n.3 View full entry 1866
...A rite amongst the Aborigines of eastern Australia, constituting the admission of a young person to the rights of manhood....
13. borak, n. View full entry 1845
...Nonsense, humbug; chaff, banter; esp. in to poke (the) borak, to make or poke fun....
14. boree, n.3 View full entry 1878
...A variety of myall, Acacia pendula, found in Eastern Australia....
15. boylya, n. View full entry 1841
...In Western Australia: an Australian Aborigine with skills in traditional medicine, who is thought to have spiritual and magical powers....
16. brigalow, n. View full entry 1847
...Any one of several species of acacia, esp. A. harpophylla. Also attrib....
17. brolga, n. View full entry 1896
...The Australian native companion crane, Grus rubicunda....
18. budda, n. View full entry 1890
...An Australian myoporaceous plant, Eremophila mitchelli....
19. budgerigar, n. View full entry 1847
...A small Australian parrot, the grass or zebra parakeet, Melopsittacus undulatus, a popular cage-bird in Britain and elsewhere. Cf. budgie...
20. bugong, n. View full entry 1834
...An Australian noctuid moth, Danais limniace or Agrotis spina, highly prized by the Aborigines as an article of food....
