wombat

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a stocky, burrowing Australian marsupial of the family Vombatidae, with short legs and strong digging claws

   The wombat emerged from its burrow after sunset to graze.

Borrowed from Dharug wambad or a closely related form, the name for the animal in an Aboriginal language of the Sydney region. Early English spellings varied before wombat became standard.

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