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Webster 1913 Edition
Wombat
Wom′bat
,Noun.
[From the native name,
womback
, wombach
, in Australia.] (Zool.)
Any one of three species of Australian burrowing marsupials of the genus
Phascolomys
, especially the common species (Phascolomys ursinus
). They are nocturnal in their habits, and feed mostly on roots. Webster 1828 Edition
Wombat
WOMBAT
,Noun.