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Definition: wallabee
Wallaby
\Wal"la*by\, n.; pl.
Wallabies. [From a native name.]
(Zo["o]l.)
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
(
Halmaturus Bennettii) and the pademelon (
Halmaturus thetidis
). The wallabies chiefly inhabit the wooded district
and bushy plains. [Written also
wallabee, and
whallabee.]
[1913 Webster]