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单词 tammar wallaby
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Definition of tammar wallaby in English:

tammar wallaby

nounˈtamə
  • A small greyish-brown wallaby found in south-western Australia.

    尤氏大袋鼠

    Macropus eugenii, family Macropodidae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The islands are nature reserves and provide refuges for such diverse wildlife as Cape Barren geese, sea lions, tammar wallabies and death adders.
    • For instance, spotted skunks, Spilogale putorius, stamp their front feet when approached by an unfamiliar person or animal, and white-tailed deer and tammar wallabies stamp their feet when encountering a predator.
    • The tammar wallaby is the Australian marsupial model for genetic mapping studies.
    • As a result of predation by introduced cats and foxes, tammar wallabies are rare on mainland Australia, but plans are afoot to reintroduce them, using individuals from offshore island populations.
    • Extensive mapping of the Y chromosome in the tammar wallaby had shown that the origin of the Y predated the divergence of marsupials from eutherian mammals.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Gaurna (an Aboriginal language) tamma.

Definition of tammar wallaby in US English:

tammar wallaby

nounˈtamər ˌwäləbē
  • A small greyish-brown wallaby found in southwestern Australia.

    尤氏大袋鼠

    Macropus eugenii, family Macropodidae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The islands are nature reserves and provide refuges for such diverse wildlife as Cape Barren geese, sea lions, tammar wallabies and death adders.
    • For instance, spotted skunks, Spilogale putorius, stamp their front feet when approached by an unfamiliar person or animal, and white-tailed deer and tammar wallabies stamp their feet when encountering a predator.
    • Extensive mapping of the Y chromosome in the tammar wallaby had shown that the origin of the Y predated the divergence of marsupials from eutherian mammals.
    • The tammar wallaby is the Australian marsupial model for genetic mapping studies.
    • As a result of predation by introduced cats and foxes, tammar wallabies are rare on mainland Australia, but plans are afoot to reintroduce them, using individuals from offshore island populations.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Gaurna (an Aboriginal language) tamma.

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