wombatn.

Brit.

/ˈwɒmbat/, U.S.

/ˈwɑmˌbæt/

Forms: 1700s whombatt, 1700s womat, 1700s wombach, 1700s– womback, 1700s– wombat, 1800s wambat, 1800s wambut, 1800s whombat, 1800s woomback.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Dharuk. Or (ii) a borrowing from Darkinyung. Etymon: Dharuk wambat^y.

Etymology: < Dharuk (Sydney region) wambat^y or its cognate in the neighbouring language Darkinyung.Compare:1798 Flinders in Voy. Terra Australis (1814) Introd. p. cxxxv Called by the natives, womat, wombat, or womback, according to the different dialects, or perhaps to the different rendering of the wood rangers who brought the information.

Any of three bear-like, burrowing Australian marsupials constituting the family Vombatidae, having a heavily-built body with short legs, a very short tail, and rodent-like teeth; esp. the common and widespread Vombatus ursinus, of eastern Australia and Tasmania.

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1798 Flinders in Voy. Terra Australis (1814) Introd. p. cxxviii Point Womat, a rocky projection of Cape-Barren Island, where a number of the new animals, called womat, were seen.

1827 in J. Bischoff Van Diemen's Land (1832) 175 The dogs had caught them three kangaroos, and two badgers or woombacks.

1847 Britannia (Hobart) 26 Aug. 4/3 Some pushed into wombat burrows.

1896 E. Gosse Crit. Kit-kats 267 Pater has often reminded me of some such armadillo or wombat.

1932 ‘N. Shute’ Lonely Road i. 13 I forget her name now, but she was a wombat, a little brown furry animal that Joan had wished on to me.

1966 R. Silverberg Forgotten by Time 116 Also vanishing is the wombat, a fat, heavy creature that looks like a small grizzly bear.

2000 National Geographic July 16/2 When Aborigines arrived, Australia was populated by a group of megafauna such as the diproton—a wombat the size of a rhino.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	wombat
释义	wombatn. Brit. /ˈwɒmbat/, U.S. /ˈwɑmˌbæt/ Forms: 1700s whombatt, 1700s womat, 1700s wombach, 1700s– womback, 1700s– wombat, 1800s wambat, 1800s wambut, 1800s whombat, 1800s woomback. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Dharuk. Or (ii) a borrowing from Darkinyung. Etymon: Dharuk wambat^y. Etymology: < Dharuk (Sydney region) wambat^y or its cognate in the neighbouring language Darkinyung.Compare:1798 Flinders in Voy. Terra Australis (1814) Introd. p. cxxxv Called by the natives, womat, wombat, or womback, according to the different dialects, or perhaps to the different rendering of the wood rangers who brought the information. Any of three bear-like, burrowing Australian marsupials constituting the family Vombatidae, having a heavily-built body with short legs, a very short tail, and rodent-like teeth; esp. the common and widespread Vombatus ursinus, of eastern Australia and Tasmania. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [noun] > family Wombatidae (wombat) wombat1798 phascolome1827 badger1831 1798 Flinders in Voy. Terra Australis (1814) Introd. p. cxxviii Point Womat, a rocky projection of Cape-Barren Island, where a number of the new animals, called womat, were seen. 1827 in J. Bischoff Van Diemen's Land (1832) 175 The dogs had caught them three kangaroos, and two badgers or woombacks. 1847 Britannia (Hobart) 26 Aug. 4/3 Some pushed into wombat burrows. 1896 E. Gosse Crit. Kit-kats 267 Pater has often reminded me of some such armadillo or wombat. 1932 ‘N. Shute’ Lonely Road i. 13 I forget her name now, but she was a wombat, a little brown furry animal that Joan had wished on to me. 1966 R. Silverberg Forgotten by Time 116 Also vanishing is the wombat, a fat, heavy creature that looks like a small grizzly bear. 2000 National Geographic July 16/2 When Aborigines arrived, Australia was populated by a group of megafauna such as the diproton—a wombat the size of a rhino. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1798
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