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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.
An animal of New Holland, of the opossum family.

Definition 2024


wombat

wombat

English

Noun

wombat (plural wombats)

  1. Any of several herbivorous, burrowing marsupials, of the family Vombatidae, mainly found in southern and eastern Australia.

Translations


Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

wombat m (plural wombats, diminutive wombatje n)

  1. wombat

French

Etymology

From English

Noun

wombat m (plural wombats)

  1. wombat

Indonesian

Noun

wombat

  1. wombat

Interlingua

Noun

wombat

  1. wombat

Polish

Noun

wombat m anim

  1. wombat

Declension


Portuguese

Noun

wombat m (plural wombats)

  1. Alternative form of vombate