oolacunta

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noun

An extinct marsupial, the desert rat kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris), that lived in a sand-ridge and gibber-plain habitat in south-western Queensland and north-eastern Australia.

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Meanings

nounoolacunta (plural oolacuntas)

plural oolacuntas

  1. An extinct marsupial, the desert rat kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris), that lived in a sand-ridge and gibber-plain habitat in south-western Queensland and north-eastern Australia.

    The fabulous oolacunta, a rat kangaroo that is now extinct, streaked across the desert at speeds that made it seem to float above the ground.

    2007 July 25, William Grimes, “A Zoologist With a Pouch of Stories”, in New York Times

Origin

Aboriginal.

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APA

oolacunta. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oolacunta

MLA

“oolacunta.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oolacunta. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oolacunta,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oolacunta.

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