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Any one of numerous species of kangaroos belonging to the genus Halmaturus, native of Australia and Tasmania, especially the smaller species, as the brush kangaroo (H. Bennettii) and the pademelon (H. thetidis). The wall…

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  1. n. Any one of numerous species of kangaroos belonging to the genus Halmaturus, native of Australia and Tasmania, especially the smaller species, as the brush kangaroo (H. Bennettii) and the pademelon (H. thetidis). The wallabies chiefly inhabit the wooded district and bushy plains.
  2. n. any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos; often brightly colored
  3. Any one of numerous species of kangaroos belonging to the genus Halmaturus, native of Australia and Tasmania, especially the smaller species, as the brush kangaroo (H. Bennettii) and the pademelon (H. thetidis). The wallabies chiefly inhabit the wooded district and bushy plains. [Written also wallabee, and whallabee.]
  4. Any one of numerous species of kangaroos belonging to the genusHalmaturus, native of Australia and Tasmania, especially the smallerspecies, as the brush kangaroo (H. Bennettii) and the pademelon (H.thetidis). The wallabies chiefly inhabit the wooded district andbushy plains. [Written also wallabee, and whallabee.]
  5. n:100 n. any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos; often brightly colored