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WOMBAT
(redirected from Hairy-nosed wombat)

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WOMBAT
A slang acronym for waste of money, brains and time—something which is regarded as uninteresting and/or useless
wombat
a thickset, nocturnal, herbivorous, burrowing marsupial with short legs and no tail. It is solitary and long-lived and peculiar to Australia. Called also Vombatus ursinus.
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Speaking personally, on the whole I worry rather more about the survival of Boreray sheep and Marsh Daisy poultry than I do about the snow leopard or the hairy-nosed wombat, if only on the grounds that I would like the chance to eat them.
Around Britain with a fork by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
She gave the example of the great northern hairy-nosed wombat in Australia.
The DNA went in 2 by 2; Frozen Ark for animals under threat by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
Walker is studying southern hairy-nosed wombats, which live in remote areas of South Australia.
Down a wombat hole by McInnis, Douglas / Highlights for Children
 
 
 
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