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Large kangaroo
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wallaroo
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A wallaroo is any of three closely related species of moderately large macropod , intermediate in size between the kangaroos and the wallabies . The word "wallaroo" is from Dharug walaru . In general, a large, slim-bodied macropod of the open plains is ...
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n. 1 Any of three closely related species of moderately large macropod, intermediate in size between the kangaroo and the wallaby. 2 The (vern: common wallaroo), (taxlink Macropus robustus species noshow=1); the most common and widely spread species of ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wallaroo \Wal`la*roo"\, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of kangaroos of the genus Macropus , especially Macropus robustus , sometimes called the great wallaroo .
Usage examples of wallaroo.
The miners who had left the Burra for goldseeking gradually came back, and the nine remarkable copper mines of Moonta and Wallaroo attracted the Cornishmen, who preferred steady wages and homes to the diminishing chances of Ballarat and Bendigo where machinery and deep sinking demanded capital, and the miners were paid by the week.