Bennett's wallaby

noun

A subspecies of red-necked wallaby, Notamacropus rufogriseus rufogriseus, native to Tasmania and the Bass Strait islands.

First used 19th c.
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Meanings

nounBennett's wallaby (plural Bennett's wallabies)

plural Bennett's wallabies

  1. A subspecies of red-necked wallaby, Notamacropus rufogriseus rufogriseus, native to Tasmania and the Bass Strait islands.First known use 19th c.

    All winter he has been looking for the track, living in caves […] ; for food he has had nothing but Bennett's wallaby, the odd pademelon.

    1999, Julia Leigh, The Hunter, Faber & Faber 2012, p. 22

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
red-necked wallaby

Origin

From the name of Edward Turner Bennett (1797–1836), English zoologist.

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