wombat

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wom·bat

noun \ˈwäm-ˌbat\

Definition of WOMBAT

: any of several stocky burrowing Australian marsupials (genera Vombatus and Lasiorhinus of the family Vombatidae) resembling small bears

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Origin of WOMBAT

Dharuk (Australian aboriginal language of the Port Jackson area) wambad
First Known Use: 1798

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