quokkan.

Brit.

/ˈkwɒkə/, U.S.

/ˈkwɑkə/, Australian English

/ˈkwɔkə/

Forms: 1900s quagga, 1900s– quokka.

Origin: A borrowing from Nyungar. Etymon: Nyungar kwaka.

Etymology: < Nyungar (Perth–Albany region) kwaka.Compare the following early attestation of the Nyungar word in an English context:c1857 J. Gould Mammals Austral. (1863) II. (caption to plate 38) At Augusta..its native name, Quäk-a, is the same as at King George's Sound.

A very small wallaby, Setonix brachyurus, with a short face, rounded ears, and a short tail, found on two islands off south-western Australia and (locally) on the adjacent mainland. Also called short-tailed wallaby.

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banded kangaroo1836

hare-kangaroo1841

melon1847

nail-tailed wallaby1859

tammar1926

quokka1928

nail-tail wallaby1965

1928 J. Pollard Bushland Vagabonds 225 A shadow skippin' among them rocks looked to me like a quagga or some other wallaby.

1943 C. Barrett Austral. Animal Bk. xi. 96 The quokka or short-tailed pademelon..inhabits the coastal districts of South-western Australia.

1970 W. D. L. Ride Guide Native Mammals Austral. 50 Until the mid-1930s the Quokka was a very common animal in the South West where it occurred in swampy thickets.

2005 Wine Internat. Jan. (Austral. Life Suppl.) 34/3 Tourists do come to visit the cute and tame quokkas. These small marsupials..look like a cross between a tiny wallaby and a rat.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	quokka
释义	quokkan. Brit. /ˈkwɒkə/, U.S. /ˈkwɑkə/, Australian English /ˈkwɔkə/ Forms: 1900s quagga, 1900s– quokka. Origin: A borrowing from Nyungar. Etymon: Nyungar kwaka. Etymology: < Nyungar (Perth–Albany region) kwaka.Compare the following early attestation of the Nyungar word in an English context:c1857 J. Gould Mammals Austral. (1863) II. (caption to plate 38) At Augusta..its native name, Quäk-a, is the same as at King George's Sound. A very small wallaby, Setonix brachyurus, with a short face, rounded ears, and a short tail, found on two islands off south-western Australia and (locally) on the adjacent mainland. Also called short-tailed wallaby. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [noun] > family Macropodidae > wallaby > other types of banded kangaroo1836 hare-kangaroo1841 melon1847 nail-tailed wallaby1859 tammar1926 quokka1928 nail-tail wallaby1965 1928 J. Pollard Bushland Vagabonds 225 A shadow skippin' among them rocks looked to me like a quagga or some other wallaby. 1943 C. Barrett Austral. Animal Bk. xi. 96 The quokka or short-tailed pademelon..inhabits the coastal districts of South-western Australia. 1970 W. D. L. Ride Guide Native Mammals Austral. 50 Until the mid-1930s the Quokka was a very common animal in the South West where it occurred in swampy thickets. 2005 Wine Internat. Jan. (Austral. Life Suppl.) 34/3 Tourists do come to visit the cute and tame quokkas. These small marsupials..look like a cross between a tiny wallaby and a rat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1928
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