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bilby
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bilby [ˈbɪlbɪ]
n pl -bies
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a burrowing marsupial of the genus Macrotis of Australia having long pointed ears and grey fur Also called rabbit bandicoot dalgyte
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Noun1.bilbybilby - bandicoot with leathery ears like a rabbit
Macrotis lagotis, rabbit bandicoot, rabbit-eared bandicoot
bandicoot - any of various agile ratlike terrestrial marsupials of Australia and adjacent islands; insectivorous and herbivorous
genus Macrotis, Macrotis - a genus of Peramelidae


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The ecological disaster that follows will be marked only by absence: Brilliant Australian frogs will be gone, outcompeted by the cane toad; bright corals will have succumbed to repeated chlorinations; bilbies will perish without burrows and wallabies will be eaten by foxes.
Exotic Down Under by Young, Hillary / E
Sales of chocol ate Easter Bilbies have done well too.
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