rock wallaby

noun

: any of various medium-sized kangaroos (genus Petrogale) having a gray or brown coat usually with distinctive markings

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

The others – three species of manatee and the pygmy-rock wallaby – are distant relations. —Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 11 Oct. 2011

Later, though, the officials found 16 rock wallabies sheltering at a waterfall. —Matthew Abbott, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2020

Legend has it that Namondjok and Namarrgon, taking the form of short-eared rock wallabies, passed through the area and cut two crevices in the rock that are visible today. —Smithsonian, 7 Apr. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1841, in the meaning defined above