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pademelon
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pademelon, paddymelon [ˈpædɪˌmɛlən]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a small wallaby of the genus Thylogale, of coastal scrubby regions of Australia
[from a native Australian name]
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Noun1.pademelon - small reddish-brown wallabies of scrubby areas of Australia and New Guineapademelon - small reddish-brown wallabies of scrubby areas of Australia and New Guinea
paddymelon
brush kangaroo, wallaby - any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos; often brightly colored
genus Thylogale, Thylogale - pademelons
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Throughout the four days, numerous sightings of wild animals are assured, including wallabies, kangaroos, echidnas, wombats, pademelons, which are both smaller than wallabies.
Golden Escape to Maria Island of Tasmania, Australia by Kewell John / Travel, recreation and leisure community
As I lay on a table enjoying a massage, with heated volcanic stones on my back, I could see a family of small pademelons (mini wallabies) feeding on button grass in a nearby clearing.
Devil of a time to be had in Tasmania; Lisa Young visits Cradle ... by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
Wombats, quolls, potoroos, little penguins, giant lobsters and pademelons all populate the pages of this eco-adventure with Brooklyn nature writers Margaret Mittelbach and Michael Crewdson, but it's the elusive, thought-to-be-extinct Tasmanian tiger (or thylacine) they track that is at the mysterious center of it all.
Tiger tracks by Belli, Brita / E
 
 
 
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