Definition of Wombet
Wom"bat (?), n. [From the native name,
womback, wombach, in Australia.] (Zoöl.) Any
one of three species of Australian burrowing marsupials of the genus
Phascolomys, especially the common species (P. ursinus).
They are nocturnal in their habits, and feed mostly on roots.
Wom"bat (?), n. [From the native name,
womback, wombach, in Australia.] (Zoöl.) Any
one of three species of Australian burrowing marsupials of the genus
Phascolomys, especially the common species (P. ursinus).
They are nocturnal in their habits, and feed mostly on roots.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- 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.
Dutch
- wombat
Indonesian
- wombat
Interlingua
- wombat
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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