Definition of numbat in English:

numbat

noun ˈnʌmbatˈnəmbat

A small termite-eating Australian marsupial with a black-and-white striped back and a bushy tail.
袋食蚁兽。亦称BANDED ANTEATER
Myrmecobius fasciatus, family Myrmecobiidae
Also called banded anteater
Example sentencesExamples
- When we started, people didn't know what bilbies and boodies and bettons and numbats were, and now they do.
- I mean, we have an enormous wealth of reptiles, the richest in the world, our insects are amazing, our marsupials, our numbats and our bandicoots and our bilbies - how many people have seen a bilby or know what a bilby is?
- In the Southwestern Australian scrubland, a host of strange - sounding animals could face extinction, including numbats and the squelching froglet.
- The winery has a wetland centre in South Australia where it is also intended to release brush-tailed bettong and numbats later in the year.
- As is true of other dasyuromorphs, numbats are not syndactylous.

Origin

Early 20th century: from Nyungar.

Definition of numbat in US English:

numbat

nounˈnəmbat

A small termite-eating Australian marsupial with a black and white striped back and a bushy tail.
袋食蚁兽。亦称BANDED ANTEATER
Myrmecobius fasciatus, family Myrmecobiidae
Example sentencesExamples
- I mean, we have an enormous wealth of reptiles, the richest in the world, our insects are amazing, our marsupials, our numbats and our bandicoots and our bilbies - how many people have seen a bilby or know what a bilby is?
- The winery has a wetland centre in South Australia where it is also intended to release brush-tailed bettong and numbats later in the year.
- When we started, people didn't know what bilbies and boodies and bettons and numbats were, and now they do.
- As is true of other dasyuromorphs, numbats are not syndactylous.
- In the Southwestern Australian scrubland, a host of strange - sounding animals could face extinction, including numbats and the squelching froglet.

Origin

Early 20th century: from Nyungar.

词汇	numbat
释义	Definition of numbat in English: numbat noun ˈnʌmbatˈnəmbat A small termite-eating Australian marsupial with a black-and-white striped back and a bushy tail. 袋食蚁兽。亦称BANDED ANTEATER Myrmecobius fasciatus, family Myrmecobiidae Also called banded anteater Example sentencesExamples When we started, people didn't know what bilbies and boodies and bettons and numbats were, and now they do. I mean, we have an enormous wealth of reptiles, the richest in the world, our insects are amazing, our marsupials, our numbats and our bandicoots and our bilbies - how many people have seen a bilby or know what a bilby is? In the Southwestern Australian scrubland, a host of strange - sounding animals could face extinction, including numbats and the squelching froglet. The winery has a wetland centre in South Australia where it is also intended to release brush-tailed bettong and numbats later in the year. As is true of other dasyuromorphs, numbats are not syndactylous. Origin Early 20th century: from Nyungar. Definition of numbat in US English: numbat nounˈnəmbat A small termite-eating Australian marsupial with a black and white striped back and a bushy tail. 袋食蚁兽。亦称BANDED ANTEATER Myrmecobius fasciatus, family Myrmecobiidae Example sentencesExamples I mean, we have an enormous wealth of reptiles, the richest in the world, our insects are amazing, our marsupials, our numbats and our bandicoots and our bilbies - how many people have seen a bilby or know what a bilby is? The winery has a wetland centre in South Australia where it is also intended to release brush-tailed bettong and numbats later in the year. When we started, people didn't know what bilbies and boodies and bettons and numbats were, and now they do. As is true of other dasyuromorphs, numbats are not syndactylous. In the Southwestern Australian scrubland, a host of strange - sounding animals could face extinction, including numbats and the squelching froglet. Origin Early 20th century: from Nyungar.
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