Wallaby

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wallaby \Wal"la*by\, n.; pl. {Wallabies}. [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}.]
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wallaby
       n : any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos often
           brightly colored [syn: {brush kangaroo}]