wombat

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NOTE: The koala's closest living relative is the wombat, which is a stationary burrower rather than a nomadic arboreal like the koala.

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  1. noun Any of several stocky burrowing Australian marsupials of the family Vombatidae, somewhat resembling a small bear and feeding mainly on grass, leaves, and roots.

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  • How the Kangaroo Got a Long Tail, and the Wombat a Flat Forehead Many years ago, Mirram the kangaroo and Warreen the wombat were both men. —  Some Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines
  • This little bear-like quadruped is known in New South Wales, and is called by the natives womat, wombat, or womback, according to the different dialects—or perhaps to the different rendering of the wood-rangers who brought the information. —  The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders
  • [40] It was subsequently established that this cranium was that of a common wombat, and thus Mitchell's name, given first to a nonexistent species, has become permanently attached to the common wombat. —  Thomas Mitchell
  • While test confirm that Sheppard Smith is in fact a goat-wombat hybrid, we would like to remind our employees of the non-disclosure agreements you have all signed prior to your employment here. —  The Jawa Report
  • Keep deluding yourself if you want, but I'm telling ye having a Bruton in charge of FG is worth at least 6 or 7 points to FF. wombat wrote: You really have no idea how disinterested people in the south are about things like that. —  Politics.ie - 3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,27,28,29,30,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,41,42,48,49,50,52
 

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  1. Dharuk wambad.

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  1. A corruption of the native Australian name womback or wombach.
 

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/ˈwɑmbæt/
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