wombat

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wom·bat /ˈwɒmbæt $ ˈwɑːm-/ noun [countable]  HBAan Australian animal like a small bear whose babies live in a pocket of skin on its body 袋熊〔产于澳大利亚〕

Examples from the Corpus

wombat• Days passed, weeks passed, months passed, and there was no wombat.• Out of Canberra you can see wombats, possums and kangaroos at dusk if you leave the main road.• Whistler was dining at Tudor House, and the wombat was brought on the table with coffee and cigars.• Not a cigar was left, but there was the skeleton of the wombat.• Apart from anything else, that takes my mind off the wombat of Stoke Newington and his tufty little dormitory.Origin wombat (1700-1800) Dharuk wambaty

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wombat
wom‧bat /ˈwɒmbæt $ ˈwɑːm-/ noun [countable]an Australian animal like a small bear whose babies live in a pocket of skin on its body

wom·batBrE /ˈwɒmbæt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈwɑːmbæt/ 🔊 nounan 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 毛鼻袋熊（体形像熊的澳大利亚有袋动物）