wombat

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wombat¹

  • /ˈwɑmˌbæt/ US
  • /ˈwɒm.bæt/ Canada, UK

Rhymes with -ɑmbæt, -ɒmbæt, -æt

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Borrowed from Dharug wumbat.

noun wombats · whom-batt

  1. 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 appea
  2. Australia, slang A slow and stupid person; a dullard.

Similar: vombatid

Wombat²

proper noun

  1. A locality in the Hilltops council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Thesaurus

noun

Similar: vombatid

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noun marsupial

Españolvombátido, wombat
한국어웜뱃 wombaet
日本語ウォンバット wonbatto
中文袋熊 dàixióng
हिन्दीवॉम्बैट vŏmbaiṭ
Kiswahiliwombati
Portuguêsvombate, wombat
Françaiswombat
DeutschWombat
Italianovombato
Ελληνικάφασκωλόμυς faskolómys
Românăwombat
Русскийво́мбат vómbat, вомба́т vombát
Tiếng Việtgấu túi mũi trần
العربيةوُمْبَت wumbat

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@misc{wombat_2026,
  title = {wombat},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wombat},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}