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1. bandy-bandy, n. View full entry 1926
...The name in Australia of a nocturnal snake, Furina annulata, marked with black and white bands; also called bandy-snake....
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. bilby, n. View full entry 1903
...An Australian nocturnal burrowing marsupial with blue-grey fur; rabbit-bandicoot. Also attrib., as bilby-hole....
7. bingy, n. View full entry 1859
...The stomach, belly. Also attrib....
8. bombora, n. View full entry 1933
...A dangerous stretch of water where the waves break over a submerged reef of rocks....
9. boobyalla, n. View full entry 1835
...A name in Australia for the Australian wattle....
10. boodie-rat, n. View full entry 1910
...A species of rat-kangaroo. Also called boodie....
11. boongary, n. View full entry 1889
...The tree-kangaroo of North Queensland, Dendrolagus lumholtzii....
12. boree, n.3 View full entry 1878
...A variety of myall, Acacia pendula, found in Eastern Australia....
13. brigalow, n. View full entry 1847
...Any one of several species of acacia, esp. A. harpophylla. Also attrib....
14. brolga, n. View full entry 1896
...The Australian native companion crane, Grus rubicunda....
15. budda, n. View full entry 1890
...An Australian myoporaceous plant, Eremophila mitchelli....
16. 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...
17. 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....
18. bungarra, n. View full entry 1897
...= sand goannasand2b....
19. bunya, n. View full entry 1843
...An Australian tree, Araucaria bidwillii, which bears a cone of great size yielding a nutritious vegetable pulp. Also attrib....
20. callop, n. View full entry 1921
...An Australian freshwater fish, Plectroplites ambiguus....
