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Definition of wallaby:

Any one of numerous species of kangaroos belonging to the genus Halmaturus, native of Australia and Tasmania, especially the smaller species, as the brush kangaroo ( H. Bennettii) and the pademelon ( H. thetidis). The wallabies chiefly inhabit the wooded district and bushy plains.

Synonyms:

brush kangaroo.

mammal (part of speech: noun)
- fox,
- cougar,
- zebra,
- puma,
- echidna,
- ass,
- burro,
- mule,
- wombat,
- elephant,
- mole,
- polecat,
- hog,
- cavy,
- koala,
- camelopard,
- sable,
- lion,
- bear,
- hippopotamus,
- cat,
- dromedary,
- cavy,
- opossum,
- shrew,
- rat,
- hare,
- mouse,
- deer,
- ox,
- bison,
- jaguar,
- cheetah,
- hamster,
- raccoon,
- hedgehog,
- antelope,
- bobcat,
- porcupine,
- mink,
- otter,
- chipmunk,
- horse,
- reindeer,
- sheep,
- platypus,
- ocelot,
- weasel,
- tiger,
- panther,
- pig,
- beaver,
- dog,
- giraffe,
- mongoose,
- kangaroo,
- caribou,
- ibex,
- panda,
- lemming,
- cow,
- leopard,
- swine,
- arctic fox,
- hyena,
- marmot,
- dingo,
- moose,
- llama,
- alpaca,
- donkey,
- gazelle,
- yak,
- jackal,
- wolf,
- camel,
- rhinoceros,
- skunk,
- goat,
- possum,
- rabbit,
- gnu,
- squirrel,
- coyote,
- gopher,
- chinchilla,
- ermine,
- elk,
- sloth,
- stoat,
- stag,
- ferret,
- buffalo,
- lynx

Usage examples:

There is also a small kind of kangaroo, called the wallaby, which, though I have not hunted, I have eaten.

- "A Boy's Voyage Round the World", The Son of Samuel Smiles.
A law to make me cut up Caddagat and give ten of 'em each a piece, and go on the wallaby myself, I suppose?

- "My Brilliant Career", Miles Franklin.
That night she had the familiar dream that she was being " stood up" and expelled, as Annie Johns had been: thousands of tongues shouted her guilt; she was hunted like a wallaby.

- "The Getting of Wisdom", Henry Handel Richardson.