QUOKKA


Meaning of QUOKKA in English

n.

Pronunciation: ' kwä-k ə

Function: noun

Etymology: Nyungar (Australian aboriginal language of southwest Western Australia) gwaga

Date: 1830

: a stocky herbivorous marsupial ( Setonix brachyurus of the family Macropodidae) of southwestern Australia that has a short tail

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