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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

;

pl.

Wallabies

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[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