Walabi

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Definition

A small or medium-sized marsupial native to Australia and New Guinea.

Etymology

A loanword from the English 'wallaby', which originates from the Dharug language 'walabi' in Australia. The term was adopted into Indonesian to identify this small marsupial as zoological literature regarding Oceanian fauna became more accessible.

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