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plural wallabies also wallaby
: any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos (especially genus Macropus) compare rock wallaby
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Made of wire mesh and swinging like doggy doors, they’re weighted to allow wombats to push through but to block undesirable critters, such as wallabies that eat grass meant for sheep.
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Amber Dance, Discover Magazine, 27 June 2024
Government officials cull wallabies and kangaroos as a matter of course.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 17 June 2024
Wildlife hazards Australia’s National Roads and Motorist’s Association estimated that over 12,000 of its insurance claims from 2018 were from kangaroo and wallaby collisions, accidents which cost upward of $5,000 AUD on average.
—Sophie Hartley, Ars Technica, 2 Apr. 2024
Smaller mammals were more common than larger ones, including kangaroos and wallabies, which seemed to avoid the burrows—perhaps because wombats are territorial.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
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Amber Dance, Discover Magazine, 27 June 2024
Government officials cull wallabies and kangaroos as a matter of course.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 17 June 2024
Wildlife hazards Australia’s National Roads and Motorist’s Association estimated that over 12,000 of its insurance claims from 2018 were from kangaroo and wallaby collisions, accidents which cost upward of $5,000 AUD on average.
—Sophie Hartley, Ars Technica, 2 Apr. 2024
Smaller mammals were more common than larger ones, including kangaroos and wallabies, which seemed to avoid the burrows—perhaps because wombats are territorial.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
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wallaby
noun
wal·la·by
ˈwäl-ə-bē 
plural wallabies also wallaby
: any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos
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