Wombat meaning

wŏm'băt'
Any of several stocky burrowing Australian marsupials of the family Vombatidae, somewhat resembling a small bear and feeding mainly on grass, leaves, and roots.
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Any of a family (Vombatidae) of burrowing marsupials resembling small bears, found in Australia, Tasmania, and several Pacific islands.
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Any of several herbivorous, burrowing marsupials, of the family Vombatidae, mainly found in southern and eastern Australia.
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Origin of wombat

  • Dharuk wambad
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • From Dharug wambad, wambaj, or wambag. It was originally written whom-batt in English.
    From Wiktionary

Wombat Sentence Examples

  • Wombat, Koala or Australian Bear.

  • Bear, Australian.-See Wombat, below.

  • It may be added that there are some marsupials, such as the wombat, koala, marsupial ant-eater and the dasyures, FIG.

  • The only noise the Tasmanian wombat makes is a low hissing, but the hairy-nosed wombat is said to emit a short quick grunt when annoyed.

  • All the teeth are Tasmanian Wombat (Phascolomys ursinus).

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