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Answer for the clue "Any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos often brightly colored ", 7 letters:
wallaby

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Word definitions for wallaby in dictionaries

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
kind of small kangaroo, 1826, from native Australian wolaba .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any of several species of marsupial; usually smaller and stockier than kangaroos

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A wallaby is a small- or mid-sized macropod found in Australia and New Guinea . They belong to the same taxonomic family as kangaroos and sometimes the same genus , but kangaroos are specifically categorised into the six largest species of the family. The ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wallaby \Wal"la*by\, n.; pl. Wallabies . [From a native name.] (Zo["o]l.) 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 ...

Usage examples of wallaby.

Here was Angelina Wallaby of all people, and you can imagine how pleased Blinky was to see her.

Badgers and wild coypu and small, frightened wallabies roamed the parching English countryside during the summer dry season.

As the abused Jackaroo trundled forward along the dirt and gravel track, a nail-tailed wallaby burst from a bush to rocket past in front of them.

First he slew a snowshoe rabbit cleaving it in twain with a single blow and then he slew a spiny anteater and then he slew two rusty numbats and then whirling the great blade round and round his head he slew a wallaby and a lemur and a trio of ouakaris and a spider monkey and a common squid.

He preferred the tougher life up north, with its poverty bushes, its Brahminy kites, its silvery river gums, its rock wallabies, its Ruby Saltbush, and its deep red stones.

They had short, stubby fanlike tails that, unlike a kangaroo or wallaby, could not support them standing on the rear legs alone, so when still, they were on all fours with the long neck craning their heads up.

He had come to think of the binder as his clay, molded into the shape of a new Wallaby, a grassroots company deemed a serious player by the most important counsel of all, based in this very city: Wall Street.

In deserts with never a tramline to follow by, The Israelite horde went roaming abroad Like so many sundowners out on the wallaby.

As I have already remarked in Chapter III, the most obvious biological analogy is to be found among the marsupials: kangaroos, opposums, wallabies, etc.

Like the emotionally battered children of distraught and noncommunicative parents, those in the room would have to choose to which parent they would commit their trust, to the man who could best repair Wallaby and lead the company from its stalled state to a prosperous future.

The trackpad interface was so intuitive that in studies Wallaby conducted with brand new users, every attendee was naturally drawn to the small black square without so much as a clue from the study group guides, their fingers sliding across its surface without any thought at all about what they were doing.

Scrub hens and scrub turkeys, cassowaries, wallabies, huge carpet snakes, pigeons, fruits and nuts, bees' nests, and decayed trees full of great white grubs were there in plenty.

Jones, former chairman and cofounder of Wallaby, will stay on as the company's leading visionary, focusing on advanced technologies and future product designs.

Matthew Locke's role at Wallaby, defined by Peter and Hank Towers, Wallaby's cofounder and vice chairman, was to act as the company's business leader and Peter's assistant.

Boa constrictors, Komodo dragons, crocodiles, piranhas, ostriches, wolves, lynx, wallabies, manatees, porcupines, orang-utans, wild boar—that’s the sort of rainfall you could expect on your umbrella.