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Definition of Rock wallaby
1. Noun. Slender long-legged Australian wallabies living in caves and rocky areas.
Generic synonyms: Brush Kangaroo, Wallaby
Group relationships: Genus Petrogale, Petrogale
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rock Wallaby
Literary usage of Rock wallaby
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"58 : " A light, active chap, spinnin the stones like a rock wallaby." 1888. ...
119: " They rode and rode, but War was gone like a rock wallaby." 1894. ..."
2. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"Rock-Wallaby, ;/. the popular name for any animal of the genus Petrogale (qv).
... 119: " They rode and rode, but Warrigal was gone like a rock wallaby. ..."
3. Fur-bearing Animals in Nature and in Commerce by Henry Poland (1892)
"The rock wallaby, or Brush-tailed Kangaroo as it is also called, is more numerous
... The rock wallaby dwells amongst rocks, and is an excellent jumper, ..."
4. Source Book for Social Origins: Ethnological Materials, Psychological by William Isaac Thomas (1909)
"Finally, there was the dance of the rock-wallaby, which was pantomimic. In this
the rock-wallaby were at first concealed in the shadows to the right front ..."
5. The Native Tribes of South-east Australia by Alfred William Howitt (1904)
"Finally, there was the dance of the rock-wallaby, which was pantomimic. In this
the rock-wallaby were at first concealed in the shadows to the right front ..."
6. The Native Tribes of South-east Australia by Alfred William Howitt (1904)
"Finally, there was the dance of the rock-wallaby, which was ... In this the
rock-wallaby were at first concealed in the* shadows to the right front of the ..."
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