wallaby

noun

wal·la·by ˈwä-lə-bē

plural wallabies also wallaby

: any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos (especially genus Notamacropus) compare rock wallaby

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More residents prepared to join the small town of Halls Gap in evacuating as a bushfire swelled to 106,000 acres in an area known for its sandstone mountains, wildflowers and wildlife, including wallabies. —

Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 25 Dec. 2024 For decades, Doug and his wife Jane have run an animal shelter, rescuing orphaned kangaroos, wallabies and wombats. —

Jodie Cook, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024 Researchers can’t say yet how this change might influence the wallabies’ survival, but serious problems are possible when species’ reproductive timelines get out of sync with seasonal weather conditions and food availabilities. —

Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024 Giant wallabies, who became extinct 10,000 years ago, were unlikely to have been able to hop, and the extinction of the dinosaurs may have contributed to the rise of grapes. —

Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 22 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for wallaby