wallaby

2 definitions found

wallaby - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Wallaby \Wal"la*by\, n.; pl. Wallabies. [From a native name.]
     (Zool.)
     Any one of numerous species of kangaroos belonging to the
     genus Halmaturus, native of Australia and Tasmania,
     especially the smaller species, as the brush kangaroo
     (Halmaturus Bennettii) and the pademelon (Halmaturus thetidis
     ). The wallabies chiefly inhabit the wooded district
     and bushy plains. [Written also wallabee, and whallabee.]
     [1913 Webster]

wallaby - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  wallaby
      n 1: any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos; often
           brightly colored [syn: wallaby, brush kangaroo]