wallaroo

[ wol-uh-roo ]

noun,plural wal·la·roos, (especially collectively) wal·la·roo.
  1. any of several large kangaroos of the genus Macropus (Osphranter), of the grassy plains of Australia, especially M. robustus, having a reddish-gray coat and inhabiting rocky hills.

Origin of wallaroo

1
First recorded in 1820–30, wallaroo is from the Dharuk word wa-la-ru

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wallaroo

/ (ˌwɒləˈruː) /


nounplural -roos or -roo
  1. a large stocky Australian kangaroo, Macropus (or Osphranter) robustus, of rocky regions

Origin of wallaroo

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C19: from native Australian wolarū

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