WOMBAT


Meaning of WOMBAT in English

/ ˈwɒmbæt; NAmE ˈwɑːm-/ noun

an Australian animal like a small bear , that carries its young in a pouch (= a pocket of skin) on the front of the mother's body

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WORD ORIGIN

late 18th cent.: from Dharuk .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.