scrub wallaby

noun

Any of various wallabies living in dense vegetation, especially the black-striped wallaby, Macropus dorsalis, of eastern Queensland and New South Wales.

First used 19th c.
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Meanings

nounscrub wallaby (plural scrub wallabies)

plural scrub wallabies

  1. Any of various wallabies living in dense vegetation, especially the black-striped wallaby, Macropus dorsalis, of eastern Queensland and New South Wales.First known use 19th c.

    She waved out the sidewindow, ‘Another scrub wallaby! That's fifteen not including your side.’

    2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 16

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
black-striped wallaby
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