wombat
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 6
/ˈwɑmˌbæt/(US)
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/ˈwɑmˌbæt/(US) · /ˈwɒm.bæt/(UK)
Definition of wombat
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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A herbivorous, burrowing marsupial of the family Vombatidae, mainly found in southern and eastern Australia.
“An American tourist who was reportedly filmed picking up and running off with a wild baby wombat fled Australia after officials threatened to cancel her visa in a firestorm of criticism over the incident. […] It’s not clear when the video was shot, nor the location, but it was at night on what appears to be a country road somewhere in southeastern Australia, where most wombats reside.”
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noun
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A herbivorous, burrowing marsupial of the family Vombatidae, mainly found in southern and eastern Australia.
“An American tourist who was reportedly filmed picking up and running off with a wild baby wombat fled Australia after officials threatened to cancel her visa in a firestorm of criticism over the incident. […] It’s not clear when the video was shot, nor the location, but it was at night on what appears to be a country road somewhere in southeastern Australia, where most wombats reside.”
- (Australia, slang)A slow and stupid person; a dullard.
name
- A locality in the Hilltops council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Dharug wumbat.
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