wallaby
noun/ˈwɒləbi/
/ˈwɑːləbi/
(plural wallabies)
- 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 bodyTopics Animalsc1Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Dharuk walabi or waliba.
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