Phascolonus

noun

Phas·​col·​o·​nus

faˈskälənəs

: a genus of Pleistocene Australian diprotodont marsupials related to the wombats and as large as tapirs

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek phaskōlos + onos ass

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