PADEMELON


Meaning of PADEMELON in English

[ 'padɪˌmɛlən ]

(also paddymelon )

■ noun a small wallaby inhabiting the coastal scrub of Australia and New Guinea. [Genus Thylogale : three species.]

Origin

C19 (earlier as paddymelon ): prob. an alt. of Dharuk badimalion .

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