QUOKKA


Meaning of QUOKKA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkwä-kə ]

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.