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Bilby

Australian desert marsupial (Macrotis lagotis), with distinctive large ears and approximately the size of a rabbit.

📖 Definitions of "Bilby"

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Australian desert marsupial (Macrotis lagotis), with distinctive large ears and approximately the size of a rabbit.

🔄 Synonyms of "Bilby"

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Word	Definition
rabbit-eared bandicootnoun	Synonym of bilby.
rabbit bandicootnoun	Synonym of bilby.
macrotis lagotisnoun	bandicoot with leathery ears like a rabbit

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Bilby"

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Word	Definition
macrotis lagotisnoun	bandicoot with leathery ears like a rabbit
rabbit-eared bandicootnoun	Synonym of bilby.
rabbit bandicootnoun	Synonym of bilby.
greater bilbynoun	An endangered and the only known extant species of bilby, a rabbit-sized marsupial, Macrotis lagotis, endemic to arid regions of central Australia but previously more widespread.
bandicootnoun	Any of various small marsupials of Australia and New Guinea, some with distinctive long snouts, of the family Peramelidae.
lesser bilbynoun	An extinct species of bilby, a rabbit-sized marsupial, Macrotis leucura, previously endemic to arid regions of central Australia.
dalgitenoun	(Western Australia) A rabbit-eared bandicoot; a bilby.
thylacomyidnoun	(zoology) Any marsupial in the family Thylacomyidae; a bilby.
long-eared guinea pignoun	(Australia, euphemistic) A rabbit.
desert mousenoun	Pseudomys desertor, a murid found only in Australia.
rat kangaroonoun	An Australian marsupial of the species Aepyprymnus rufescens.
bush ratnoun	The rodent, Rattus fuscipes, of coastal eastern and southern Australia.
wallabynoun	Any of several species of macropod; usually smaller and stockier than kangaroos.
marsupialoidnoun	Resembling a marsupial.
wombatnoun	Any of several herbivorous, burrowing marsupials, of the family Vombatidae, mainly found in southern and eastern Australia.
bearcatnoun	A binturong (Arctictis binturong, in the family Viverridae).
bettongnoun	Any of the marsupial genera Bettongia and Aepyprymnus; closely related to kangaroos.
marlanoun	A female given name from Hebrew.
monjonnoun	Petrogale burbidgei, the smallest of the rock-wallabies.
tammarnoun	(zoology) Macropus eugenii, a small Australian wallaby with a thick, dark coat.