wallaby

noun
🔊/ˈwɒləbi/
🔊/ˈwɑːləbi/
(plural wallabies)
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  1. an Australian animal like a small kangaroo, that moves by jumping on its strong back legs and keeps its young in a pouch (= a pocket of skin) on the front of the mother’s body沙袋鼠(袋鼠科动物,产于澳大利亚)Topics Animalsc1
    Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Dharuk walabi or waliba.