bilby

See also: Bilby and biłby

English

Etymology

From Gamilaraay bilbi.

Pronunciation

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈbɪlbiː/

Noun

bilby (plural bilbies)

1. An Australian desert marsupial of the only extant species Macrotis lagotis with distinctive large ears and approximately the size of a rabbit.

   Synonyms: dalgite, pinkie, rabbit bandicoot, rabbit-eared bandicoot

Derived terms

• Easter bilby
• eastern bilby (Macrotis lagotis sagitta)
• greater bilby (Macrotis lagotis)
• lesser bilby (†Macrotis leucura — extinct)
• western bilby (Macrotis lagotis lagotis)

Translations

Australian desert marsupial

Arabic: بيلبي كبير Chinese: Mandarin: 兔耳袋狸 (tù'ěrdàilí) Czech: bandikut králíkovitý m Eastern Arrernte: aherte Finnish: pussikaniini (fi), korvapusseli Irish: bilbí m Japanese: ミミナガバンディクート (miminagabandikūto) Korean: 큰빌비 (keunbilbi) Malayalam: ബിൽബി (bilbi) Navajo: naʼatsʼǫǫsí bijaaʼntsxaaígíí Russian: би́лби m (bílbi), кро́личий бандику́т m (króličij bandikút), уша́стый су́мчатый барсу́к m (ušástyj súmčatyj barsúk) Swedish: större kaninpunggrävling c Ukrainian: бандикут кролячий m (bandykut kroljačyj)

References

• bilby on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Macrotis lagotis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Macrotis lagotis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Libby