Definition of wombat in English:
wombat
noun ˈwɒmbatˈwɑmˌbæt
A burrowing plant-eating Australian marsupial which resembles a small bear with short legs.
毛鼻袋熊Family Vombatidae: two genera and three species, in particular the common wombat (Vombatus ursinus)
- To the kangaroos and emus of the outback, I was able to add sightings of wallabies, a wombat, and an echidna.
- As Gondwana broke up, the link was broken, and the Australasian marsupials evolved in isolation, giving rise to the modern groups of koalas, bandicoots, wombats, and kangaroos.
- It is also my first chance to see the wonderfully unique wildlife here; kangaroos, wallabies, wombats, pademelons, possums, and various unique birds.
- Maybe you would see koalas, wombats, echidnas, brush tail and ring tail possums and emus if you're lucky.
- Like their koala cousins, wombats have a hardened layer over the muscles of their rump; a very hardened layer.
- Well Kayne's waistcoat was made out of several native Australian animals, possibly possum, wombat, kangaroo and wallaby pelts, all sewn together.
- It is home to possums, pelicans, the duck-billed platypus, the kookaburra, kangaroos and wombats, to name just those he found for us during our adventure into paradise.
- In fact there is a great deal at Riversleigh that is more complex than just the fossils of koalas and wombats and kangaroos and other weird creatures.
- Amateur fossil hunters have helped to uncover the oldest known ancestor to kangaroos, koalas, possums, and wombats.
- On Terra these include kangaroos, wallabies, bandicoots, opossums, and wombats.
- So each species will probably carry a different profile but we have yet to look at various species such as kangaroos and wombats and others that come to mind immediately.
- There are a variety of possums, early kangaroos, koalas, wombats and quolls, as well as marsupial groups that are now completely extinct.
- So the extension of the term ‘marsupial’ is the set of all marsupials: kangaroos, wallabies, wombats, and so on.
- Australia once boasted a spectacular megafauna including giant wombats as big as grizzly bears and giant kangaroos.
- Koalas and wombats are probably each other's closest relatives.
- The skeleton of a very large Diprotodon, an extinct fossil marsupial somewhat resembling a wombat the size of a rhinoceros, had been discovered south of Karratha in the Pilbara region.
- Wroe's team recognized that for marsupials (like koalas, wombats, and kangaroos) brain size could be used to estimate overall body weight.
- There, fishermen sold the French more animals, including dwarf emus, a tame kangaroo and several more wombats, all of which arrived safely in France on March 24, 1804.
- Scientists think an Ice Age marsupial similar to modern wombats was much larger than previously believed.
- The online survey is quick and easy to fill out, and if you don't know your wallabies from your wombats there's a picture gallery to help you.
Origin
Late 18th century: from Dharuk.
Rhymes
combat
Definition of wombat in US English:
wombat
nounˈwɑmˌbætˈwämˌbat
A burrowing plant-eating Australian marsupial which resembles a small bear with short legs.
毛鼻袋熊Family Vombatidae: two genera and three species, in particular the common wombat (Vombatus ursinus)
- To the kangaroos and emus of the outback, I was able to add sightings of wallabies, a wombat, and an echidna.
- So each species will probably carry a different profile but we have yet to look at various species such as kangaroos and wombats and others that come to mind immediately.
- There, fishermen sold the French more animals, including dwarf emus, a tame kangaroo and several more wombats, all of which arrived safely in France on March 24, 1804.
- Koalas and wombats are probably each other's closest relatives.
- On Terra these include kangaroos, wallabies, bandicoots, opossums, and wombats.
- The skeleton of a very large Diprotodon, an extinct fossil marsupial somewhat resembling a wombat the size of a rhinoceros, had been discovered south of Karratha in the Pilbara region.
- In fact there is a great deal at Riversleigh that is more complex than just the fossils of koalas and wombats and kangaroos and other weird creatures.
- It is home to possums, pelicans, the duck-billed platypus, the kookaburra, kangaroos and wombats, to name just those he found for us during our adventure into paradise.
- Amateur fossil hunters have helped to uncover the oldest known ancestor to kangaroos, koalas, possums, and wombats.
- As Gondwana broke up, the link was broken, and the Australasian marsupials evolved in isolation, giving rise to the modern groups of koalas, bandicoots, wombats, and kangaroos.
- Maybe you would see koalas, wombats, echidnas, brush tail and ring tail possums and emus if you're lucky.
- Scientists think an Ice Age marsupial similar to modern wombats was much larger than previously believed.
- There are a variety of possums, early kangaroos, koalas, wombats and quolls, as well as marsupial groups that are now completely extinct.
- So the extension of the term ‘marsupial’ is the set of all marsupials: kangaroos, wallabies, wombats, and so on.
- Like their koala cousins, wombats have a hardened layer over the muscles of their rump; a very hardened layer.
- It is also my first chance to see the wonderfully unique wildlife here; kangaroos, wallabies, wombats, pademelons, possums, and various unique birds.
- Wroe's team recognized that for marsupials (like koalas, wombats, and kangaroos) brain size could be used to estimate overall body weight.
- The online survey is quick and easy to fill out, and if you don't know your wallabies from your wombats there's a picture gallery to help you.
- Australia once boasted a spectacular megafauna including giant wombats as big as grizzly bears and giant kangaroos.
- Well Kayne's waistcoat was made out of several native Australian animals, possibly possum, wombat, kangaroo and wallaby pelts, all sewn together.
Origin
Late 18th century: from Dharuk.