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plural wallabies also wallaby
: any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos (especially genus Notamacropus) compare rock wallaby
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Also up in the Adelaide Hills, Cleland Wildlife Park gives visitors the chance to interact with some of Australia’s most iconic animals, including kangaroos, wallabies, and koalas.
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Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 4 Feb. 2026
The 10-acre wild animal refuge at 5712 Vía Montellano in Bonsall, is home to more than 100 animals representing 70 species from around the world, ranging from wallabies, bearcats and armadillos to porcupines, binturongs, lynx, marsupials and kinkajou along with an iguana and alligators.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2026
Mobs of kangaroos and wallabies are easy to spot lounging in open fields during golden hours.
—Laura Kiniry, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Jan. 2026
Barrow Island is a major center for oil and natural gas operations, accommodating the most productive oil-extraction site in Australia, and home to a conservation reserve where spectacled hare wallabies, sea turtles, perentie (Australia’s largest lizard), and other rare and protected species live.
—Josh Lew, Treehugger, 20 Jan. 2026
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Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 4 Feb. 2026
The 10-acre wild animal refuge at 5712 Vía Montellano in Bonsall, is home to more than 100 animals representing 70 species from around the world, ranging from wallabies, bearcats and armadillos to porcupines, binturongs, lynx, marsupials and kinkajou along with an iguana and alligators.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2026
Mobs of kangaroos and wallabies are easy to spot lounging in open fields during golden hours.
—Laura Kiniry, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Jan. 2026
Barrow Island is a major center for oil and natural gas operations, accommodating the most productive oil-extraction site in Australia, and home to a conservation reserve where spectacled hare wallabies, sea turtles, perentie (Australia’s largest lizard), and other rare and protected species live.
—Josh Lew, Treehugger, 20 Jan. 2026
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“Wallaby.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wallaby. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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wallaby
noun
wal·la·by
ˈwäl-ə-bē 
plural wallabies also wallaby
: any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos
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