wombat

How To Use wombat In A Sentence

• So the extension of the term ‘marsupial’ is the set of all marsupials: kangaroos, wallabies, wombats, and so on.
• There is also a small, clumsy, inoffensive animal called the wombat, which is never found outside of these Australian regions. Harper's Young People, March 2, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly
• In fact there is a great deal at Riversleigh that is more complex than just the fossils of koalas and wombats and kangaroos and other weird creatures.
• European red foxes contribute to spreading mange throughout the country as well, as at times they utilise wombat burrows for rest.
• The Tasmanians subsisted largely by hunting seals, red-necked wallabies (a close relative of the kangaroo), and wombats (a four-legged, furry marsupial). In the Valley of the Shadow
• Koalas and wombats are probably each other's closest relatives.
• Aside from resisting the urge to reach out and skitch a 100kph ride behind a passing semi, I give my mtb a bit of extra purpose by transforming the verge beside the narrow crumbling sections of road into a personal bike lane, and where reasonable I stop to drag the larger roadkill off the thoroughfare - today it was a wombat. Pull My Strings: The New Puppetry
• How dare you say the northern hairy nosed wombat isn't worth saving?
• And I thought it was all cuddly wombats, koalas and kookaburras.
• Amateur fossil hunters have helped to uncover the oldest known ancestor to kangaroos, koalas, possums, and wombats.