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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

WALLAROO

WALLAROO Wal `la *roo ", n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any one of several species of kangaroos of the genus Macropus, especially M. robustus, sometimes called the great wallaroo.

New American Oxford Dictionary

wallaroo

wal la roo |ˌwôləˈro͞o ˌwɔləˈru | ▶noun a large Australian kangaroo, the female of which is paler than the male. [Genus Macropus, family Macropodidae: two species, in particular the common wallaroo (M. robustus ).] ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Dharuk walaru.

Oxford Dictionary

wallaroo

wallaroo |ˌwɒləˈruː | ▶noun a large stocky kangaroo found in hilly country in Australia. ●Genus Macropus, family Macropodidae: two species, in particular the common wallaroo (M. robustus ). ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Dharuk walaru.