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Definitions

Wiktionary

  1. n. Australian desert marsupial, with distinctive large ears and approximately the size of a rabbit.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. bandicoot with leathery ears like a rabbit

Etymologies

  1. From Dharug. (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “It's the bilby, which is an endangered marsupial that lives in the desert.”

    BBC (UK) Homepage main promotional content

  • “However a high number of mammal species, 14 percent of the total mammalian fauna, are considered regionally or globally threatened, including the greater bilby (Macrotis lagotis VU), hairy-footed dunnart (Sminthopsis hirtipes), dusky hopping mouse (Notomys fuscus VU), mulgara (Dasycercus cristicauda VU), and kowari.”

    Simpson desert

  • “Twenty two native mammals are found in the park including dingo Canis familiaris dingo, red kangaroo Macropus rufus, common wallaroo M. robustus, marsupial mole Notoryctes typhlops, spinifex hopping mouse Notomys alexis, several bat species including Australian false vampire Marcoderma gigas (V), bilby Macrotis lagotis (E), occasional short nosed echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus and several small marsupials and native rodents.”

    Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Australia

  • “Several mammal species, including bilby (Macrotis lagotis VU), northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus) and golden bandicoot (Isoodon auratus VU), have declined or disappeared altogether from this ecoregion.”

    Victoria Plains tropical savanna

  • “They fill the same ecological niche as the bunny, only the bunny is better at it, and so since the introduction of the bunny to Australia, bilby numbers have dropped alarmingly.”

    Rabbit, rabbit. « A Bird’s Nest

  • “Several mammal species, including bilby (Macrotis lagotis VU), northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus), pale field-rat (Rattus tunneyi), golden-backed tree-rat, and golden bandicoot have declined, especially in the lower rainfall lowland portions of this ecoregion.”

    Kimberly tropical savanna

  • “The park protects important habitat for an isolated population of the vulnerable bilby (Macrotis lagotis).”

    Mitchell grass downs

  • “The occasion was a ceremony at the Ipswich Nature Centre to officially name the bilby Jessica after Ms Watson, the Young Australian of the Year.”

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories

  • “Bilby named for solo sailor Jessica Watson THREE rebels met in Ipswich today - larrikin swimmer Dawn Fraser, solo sailor Jessica Watson and a bilby who shouldn't have been born.”

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories

  • “Jessica the bilby surprised staff at the centre because her mother had failed to breed with three partners and was then thought too old to bear young.”

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories

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  1. bandicoot

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  4. vasectomy
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  2. dropdosage
  3. Italo-
  4. shoppe
  1. trochanter
  2. Fae
  3. sticke
  4. victual
  1. grebe
  2. omentum
  3. pullin
  4. pashas
  1. kudu
  2. rôle
  3. contretemps

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Words with the same terminal sound

  1. trilby

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  1. australia
  2. marsupial
  1. username
  2. likes hummus
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  2. bilby
  1. doesn't mind dried coriander
  2. hates freedom
  1. @FreeBilby
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  1. bil by
  1. bilby
  1. bilbyzcat
  1. flapeared
  1. lave-eared
  1. not spam
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  • marky the dreaded easter bilby http://theresurgence.com/files/2009/04/09/20090409_why-the-easter-bunny_poster_img.jpg Mar 31, 2013

  • hernesheir Same context: rôle, contretemps, vasectomy. Dec 30, 2011

  • hernesheir We'd all enjoy another of your apt clerihews. Perhaps this list could provide a modicum of inspiration. Nov 22, 2011

  • ruzuzu “"pulling a Bilby" refers to ignorant acts such as forgetting where your car is”
    @BilbyMane Nov 18, 2011

  • bilby I be don't liking tweets much. But some-some dem entertaining, mon. Nov 17, 2011

  • bilby “I be having to put Bilby on music. He just don't be knowing. Its okay tho. He's still cool.”
    @XXIXCII
    Nov 17, 2011

  • bilby Hi Reynard. Why aren't you still ensconced in Paris, quaffing bon mots and swigging spirit of staircase? Oh, hang on, I've just heard about the lure of BART's cleaner vinyl seats. Nov 17, 2011

  • sionnach Hi, leather-ears! Greetings from San Francisco, aka Baghdad by the Bay. Nov 17, 2011

  • bilby Sort of. Nov 17, 2011

  • hernesheir Are you there, bilby? Nov 16, 2011

  • ruzuzu I was just looking up type, which led me to antitype, which then led me to antitrope, which I was going to add to my list of tropes, but then I saw that someone had already added it.

    Thank you, bilby. Nov 7, 2011

  • bilby Oh no, you've fallen asleep with your tail in the embers again Mr Firefox! Oct 9, 2011

  • sionnach So what's up, leather-ears?
    Singed,
    Renard. Oct 9, 2011

  • ruzuzu Hm. Looks like victual is listed there, too. I guess that makes sense. Jul 27, 2011

  • Prolagus Hee hee! Also, sigh.
    Jul 27, 2011

  • bilby It's funny that the Examples section has hauled up something from Errata. A bit like the process of making soylent green. Jul 27, 2011

  • bilby Vasectomy? No wonder the breeding program for my poor endangered species is having little success. Jul 27, 2011

  • ruzuzu These visuals are surprisingly ho-hum, but check out the words that are found in similar contexts. Jul 26, 2011

  • ruzuzu *pushes button again* Jun 20, 2011

  • bilby That chocolatey food pellet might be soylent brown. Jun 20, 2011

  • ruzuzu "Bilby has been looked up 5,289 times, favorited 0 times, listed 29 times, commented on 31 times, and has a Scrabble score of 12." Jun 20, 2011

  • ruzuzu Oh! A chocolatey food pellet! Jun 20, 2011

  • ruzuzu Hm. I wonder what would happen if I were to push this button? Jun 20, 2011

  • bilby There's a lovely bilby button among the visuals. Does that help? Jun 20, 2011

  • ruzuzu Until the marsupial's page is free again, I suppose this is all we've got.

    By way of ineffectual protest, I'm thinking of starting a Twitter account called @FreeBilby, which I will use to raise awareness of this problem.

    Any ideas for what the awareness ribbon should look like? Jun 20, 2011

  • ruzuzu Adjective used when describing pygians (or rock doves). See bilbybuns. Jan 14, 2010

  • frogapplause bilbycakes: Record more phrases, please. Nov 17, 2009

  • Prolagus Dear Abby,
    How can I convince bilby to pronounce more of his phrases? Nov 17, 2009

  • bilby *bows* When I set phasers to bilby, I hope I have them pointed in the right direction :-7 Jul 3, 2009

  • strev You deserve to have a phaser setting named after you. Bravo! Jul 3, 2009

  • sionnach dagnabbit. gangerh beat me to my modestly clever remark! May 18, 2009

  • gangerh So Santa bilby is a scarcity? May 18, 2009

  • bilby Vrrooommm! *beep beep goes bilby and runs over frogapplause* May 18, 2009

  • nuxiy "bil" is Norwegian for "car", and "by" is Norwegian for "city". Carcity. May 17, 2009

  • sionnach There once was a red spy named Philby
    Who looked like a don in a trilby
    His contact down under
    Was nicknamed "Brown Thunder"
    - a marsupial traitor called Crash Bandicoot. Apr 9, 2009

  • bilby Thattaway! Dec 31, 2008

  • chained_bear Wow. That park really is back of Bourke.

    I liked this line: "They were breeding unassisted, and this means the plan has worked."

    Bilby...? Oct 28, 2008

  • dontcry Yes, fine photo -- and now we know what really happened to Gandalf. Oct 28, 2008

  • arcadia Love it! Oct 28, 2008

  • bilby He caught my ears in a wonderful light. Oct 28, 2008

  • frindley Wise bilby. All the same, the photo accompanying the article was a fine one. Oct 28, 2008

  • bilby I try not to read The Australian, I really do. Oct 27, 2008

  • frindley Hey bilby, do you read The Australian? Lovely article today: "Rescue helps bilbies beat extinction by a whisker", including a very strikingly composed photograph.

    Then there's this bit: "Rabbits were thought to compete with marsupials for food and to deprive them of sheltering vegetation. Dr McRae said attempts to eradicate rabbits in the reserve had failed, and a decision was made to leave them be. Surprisingly, the bilbies are doing well and may even be controlling rabbit numbers by eating their young." Oct 27, 2008

  • sionnach Saint Bilby portrait series Jul 11, 2008

  • sionnach Of course, you can't just have heathen bilbies taking over as spokesmarsupials for the most important Christian holy day.

    No worries. Turns out bilby is not only a Catholic already, but has actually been canonized within the church:

    Jul 11, 2008

  • bilby "Tired old Easter Bunny has given his job to Bilby. Easter eggs must be delivered all around Australia on time. But how?
    The rabbits will no longer help. Hungry cats and foxes roam Australia, always looking for something to eat.
    How will Easter Bilby and his friends get the job done?"
    - synoposis of 'Easter Bilby's Secret' by Ali Garnett and Kaye Kessing. Jul 11, 2008

  • sionnach Easter Bilby propaganda kit Jul 11, 2008

  • sionnach bilbies, not bunnies Jul 11, 2008

  • thebighenry 2 × trilby ÷ 3 Apr 24, 2008

  • arcadia And I am pleased to see that the bilby we have all come to know and love is an enviromenalist, with or without the bilby being a true animal. Jan 6, 2008

  • bilby You know they have this campaign now to make chocolate bilbies for Easter. Because the rabbit is a destructive, introduced pest and the bilby is a native, cuddly, innocent chap. With, erm, big ears ... I swear WeirdNET is spying. Anyway, the bilby is a kind of symbol of environmentalism v capitalism.

    Eat me. Nov 29, 2007

  • uselessness Oh. All this time I thought his name was Bill, and he was just playing off that.

    Now I'm starting to doubt he's even a he. I mean, who knows? Bilby is a real word? Whoops.

    I actually stumbled across this page via the random word feature, of all things. :-) Nov 29, 2007

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