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quokka

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quok⋅ka

  [kwok-uh]
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–noun
a small wallaby, Setonix brachyurus, inhabiting islands and swampy areas in southwestern Australia.
Origin:
1860–65; < Nyungar kwaka
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quok·ka   (kwŏk'ə)   
n.  A small short-tailed wallaby (Setonix brachyurus) living in coastal areas of southwest Australia.

[Nyungar (Aboriginal language of southwest Australia) gwaga.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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