bilbie

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A form of bilby — An Australian desert marsupial of the only extant species Macrotis lagotis with distinctive large ears and approximately the size of a rabbit.

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Meanings

nounbilbie (plural bilbies)

plural bilbies

  1. alternativerareAlternative form of bilby.

    The Bilbie is reported as eating mice and insects.

    1962, Australian Natural History, volume 14, page 97
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    I've only dreamed of seeing Australia's animals and actually had to look up what a bilbie or a quoll even looked like, […]

    2018, Robert M. Zink, The Three-Minute Outdoorsman Returns, page 236
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APA

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Chicago

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