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Any of several stocky burrowing Australian marsupials of the family Vombatidae, somewhat resembling a small bear and feeding mainly on grass, leaves, and roots.

[Dharuk wambad.]

wombat [ˈwɒmbæt]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various burrowing herbivorous Australian marsupials, esp Vombatus ursinus, constituting the family Vombatidae and having short limbs, a heavy body, and coarse dense fur

[from a native Australian language]

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wombat - burrowing herbivorous Australian marsupials about the size of a badger

marsupial, pouched mammal - mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried

family Vombatidae, Vombatidae - wombats

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wombat [ˈwɒmbæt] N → wombat m

wombat [ˈwɒmbæt] n → wombat m

wombat

n → Wombat m

wombat [ˈwɒmbæt] n → vombato orsino

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diprotodont family Vombatidae mammal family marsupial Marsupialia nototherium order Marsupialia Phascolome Pleistocene pouched mammal Rhizophaga Vombatidae			Only about 70 are left in the wild, but scientists are looking at the possibility of using common wombats to help create cloned versions of the rare species. The DNA went in 2 by 2; Frozen Ark for animals under threat by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) In this period a number of new wombats had arrived at the Regent's Park Zoo: a rare, hairy-nosed wombat on 24 July 1862, and two common wombats despatched from the Melbourne Zoo on 18 March 1863. Rossetti's wombat. (An Arena Christmas Cracker) by Trumble, Angus / Arena Magazine			common tarweed common teasel common thorn apple Common thrift common thyme common time common tobacco common topaz common touch common unicorn plant common use common use alternatives common user item common valerian common vetchling common viper common wallaby common wart common wasp common water snake common watercress common wheat common white dogwood common winterberry holly common wolffia common wombats common wood sorrel common wormwood common year common yellowthroat common yellowwood common zebra common-law common-law marriage common-sense common-situs picketing common-use container common-user airlift service common-user item common-user logistics common-user military land transportation common-user network common-user ocean terminals common-user sealift common-user transportation commonable commonage commonality commonalty commoner commonhold			common watercress Common Weakness Enumeration Common Weakness Scoring System Common Wealth Credit Union Common Weapon Data Link Common Weapon Launcher Common Weapon Sight Common Weapons Control System Common Web Vulnerabilities common wentletraps Common Western Music Notation Common Western Notation Common What, Where, When Schema common wheat common wheat Common Whimbrel common white dogwood Common whitefish Common Whitethroat Common Wild Oat common winterberry holly Common Wintergreen Common Wireless Access System common wolffia Common Wombat common wombats Common Wood Pigeon common wood sorrel Common Wood-Pigeon Common woodbine Common woodsorrel Common Woolly Sunflower Common Wooly Sunflower Common Work Area Common Work File Common Working File Host Common Working File Medicare Quality Assurance Common Working Group Review Common Workload Planning System common wormwood common wormwood common wormwood Common Worship Common X Interface Common XML Common Yarrow Common Yarrow common year common year common yellowthroat common yellowwood Common yew Common yew common zebra common zebras common zebras

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wombat (redirected from common wombats)

wombat
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