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parma wallaby

Syllabification: (par·ma wal·la·by)
Definition of parma wallaby

noun

  • a small dark brown Australian wallaby, restricted to the rain forests of New South Wales.
    • Macropus parma, family Macropodidae

Origin:

mid 19th century: parma (probably from a New South Wales Aboriginal language) was applied by George Robert Waterhouse (1810–88), English naturalist

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