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Definition of wombats in English English dictionary
- plural of wombat
- vombatidae
- wombat
- burrowing herbivorous Australian marsupials about the size of a badger
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- A family of Australian marsupials that resemble the koala but have a more varied diet
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- (1) A marsupial indigenous to the continent of Australia (2) A word near the end of the alphabet that a glossary writer includes to find out who has read through the whole glossary
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- [Waste Of Money, Brains, And Time] adj Applied to problems which are both profoundly {uninteresting} in themselves and unlikely to benefit anyone interesting even if solved Often used in fanciful constructions such as `wrestling with a wombat' See also {crawling horror}, {SMOP} Also note the rather different usage as a metasyntactic variable in {{Commonwealth Hackish}}
- wombat
- They are nocturnal in their habits, and feed mostly on roots
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- A wombat is a type of furry animal which has very short legs and eats plants. Wombats are found in Australia. an Australian animal like a small bear whose babies live in a pocket of skin on its body (wambaty). Either of two species (family Vombatidae) of nocturnal Australian marsupials that are heavily built, 28-47 in. (70-120 cm) long, and tailless. The single newborn develops in the mother's pouch for about five months. Wombats eat grasses, tree bark, and shrub roots. They make a grassy nest at the end of a long burrow. The common wombat (Vombatus ursinus) of southeastern Australia and Tasmania, considered a pest, has coarse dark hair and short ears. The rare Queensland hairy-nosed wombat (Lasiorhinus barnardi) has fine fur and longer ears; protected by law, the population lives principally in a national park
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- {i} Australian mammal; (Slang) slow-moving person, person who is slow-witted
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- ursinus
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- (noun) Australian marsupial 2 Usually slow-moving female cyclist of the offroad persuasion, often seen sipping tea on south-facing slopes Shares with others whatever she's got: her food, her patch kit, pump, even her meager know-how Patronizing attitude conspicuously lacking
- wombat
- Any of several herbivorous, burrowing marsupials, of the family Vombatidae, mainly found in southern and eastern Australia
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- Any one of three species of Australian burrowing marsupials of the genus Phascolomys, especially the common species P
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Turkish pronunciation
wämbätsPronunciation
/ˈwämˌbats/ /ˈwɑːmˌbæts/
Etymology
[ 'wäm-"bat ] (noun.) 1798. Dharuk wambat.Resimler
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