Complete Definition of "wombat"

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English

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Etymology
From Dharuk (an Australian Aboriginal language) wambad, wambaj, or wambag. It was originally written whom-batt in English.

Pronunciation
(US) IPA|/�w�m�bæt/

Noun
en-noun

  1. Member of a family of herbivorous, burrowing marsupials, mainly found in southern and eastern Australia. Their Scientific Latin family name is Phascolomyidae, or Vombatidae, of the superorder Marsupialia.

(Wombats are similar to small bears, but the female carries her young in a pouch.)

Translations
Dutch: wombat#Dutch|wombat m
Finnish: vompatti
Indonesian: wombat#Indonesian|wombat
Interlingua: wombat#Interlingua|wombat
Volapük: vombat

Category:Marsupials


Dutch

Noun
wombat m

  1. wombat

Category:nl:Mammals


Indonesian

Noun
wombat

  1. wombat

Category:id:Mammals


Interlingua

Noun
wombat

  1. wombat

Category:ia:Animals
Category:ia:Mammals
Category:ia:Nouns

el:wombat
fr:wombat
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ru:wombat
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zh:wombat

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