Etymology

wobbegong

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Today it means: Any of several species of bottom-dwelling carpet sharks in the family Orectolobidae, distinguished by their small vegetation-like flaps of skin around the mouth. Full definition →

Dharug wabigang
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  1. Dharug · borrowed fromwabigang
  2. English todaywobbegong

From Dharug wabigang. A parallel in Tharawal dhabigang suggests a common Yuin-Kuric origin.

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