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单词 pademelon
释义

pademelon

/ˈpadɪˌmɛlən /
(also paddymelon)
noun
A small wallaby inhabiting the coastal scrub of Australia and New Guinea. Also called scrub wallaby.
  • Genus Thylogale, family Macropodidae: three species.
It is also my first chance to see the wonderfully unique wildlife here; kangaroos, wallabies, wombats, pademelons, possums, and various unique birds....
  • At dusk pademelons and wallabies come out while sugar gliders float through the forest canopy.
  • It is believed that predation by non-native red foxes was the primary reason for the extinction of the dusky pademelon on mainland Australia.

Origin

Early 19th century (earlier as paddymelon): probably an alteration of Dharuk badimalion.

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