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quokka

/ˈkwɒkə

noun

A small short-tailed wallaby with a short face, round ears, and some tree-climbing ability, native to Western Australia.

Setonix brachyurus, family Macropodidae.

These forms include the tree-kangaroos (genus Dendrolagus), which are excellent climbers; pademelons (genus Thylogale), which often walk with a quadrupedal gait; and the relatively short-tailed quokkas (genus Setonix)....

En route, watch out for the island's sweet but vaguely scary quokkas: half kangaroo, half rat, they're endemic here.
Its Dutch discoverer in the 17th century wrongly named it after finding it was infested with what he took for rats, but were actually quokkas, marsupials with a vague resemblance to beavers.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Nyungar kwaka.

单词	quokka
释义	quokka /ˈkwɒkə / noun A small short-tailed wallaby with a short face, round ears, and some tree-climbing ability, native to Western Australia. Setonix brachyurus, family Macropodidae. These forms include the tree-kangaroos (genus Dendrolagus), which are excellent climbers; pademelons (genus Thylogale), which often walk with a quadrupedal gait; and the relatively short-tailed quokkas (genus Setonix).... En route, watch out for the island's sweet but vaguely scary quokkas: half kangaroo, half rat, they're endemic here. Its Dutch discoverer in the 17th century wrongly named it after finding it was infested with what he took for rats, but were actually quokkas, marsupials with a vague resemblance to beavers. Origin Mid 19th century: from Nyungar kwaka. Rhymes blocker, chocker, docker, Fokker, interlocker, locker, mocha, mocker, ocker, rocker, saltimbocca, shocker, soccer, stocker
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