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NATIVE AUSTRALIAN | |
| adjigo+ | a plant native to Australia that has edible tubers, aka yam plant: ADJIGOS. |
| alchera alcheringa | the dreamtime. |
| bangalay+ | an Australian myrtaceous tree with hard red wood. |
| bangalow+ | an Australian palm-tree. |
| bardie+ | a white wood-boring grub of Australia: BARDIES. |
| barra+ | short for BARRAMUNDI, an Australian fish. |
| barramunda barramundi burramundi | an Australian river-fish. |
| belah | an Australian tree of the Casuarina genus. |
| bettong+ | a short-nosed rat kangaroo: BETTONGS. |
| billabong | a dead-end channel; a stagnant backwater. |
| bimble+ | as in bimble box, a type of dense Australian tree. No -S. |
| binghi | the archetypal aboriginal. |
| bingy | (slang) the stomach. |
| bogong bugong | a noctuid moth eaten by Australian aborigines. |
| bombora | a submerged reef; a dangerous current over this. |
| boobialla+ | an Australian tree, aka golden wattle. |
| boobook | a kind of owl found in Australasia, aka MOPOKE, MOREPORK. |
| boodie | a species of rat-kangaroo. |
| boong | an offensive term for an aborigine, a New Guinea native. |
| boongary+ | a tree kangaroo from NE Queensland. |
| bora | an aboriginal initiation rite. |
| borak | nonsense, banter. |
| boree | any of several species of Australian acacia. |
| brigalow | any of several species of acacia. |
| brolga | an Australian bird of the crane family |
| budgeree | obs. Aust. slang for good. [Aborigine budgeri]. |
| budgerigar | an Australian parakeet. |
| bullwaddy+ bulwaddee+ bulwaddy+ bullwaddie+ | a N. Australian tree. |
| bulnbuln+ | the lyrebird. | bungwall+ | an Australian fern with an edible rhizome. |
| bunya | an Australian coniferous tree with edible seeds. |
| bunyip | a fabulous monster of swamps and lagoons. |
| burrawang | any of various palm-like plants having edible nuts. |
| callop+ | an edible freshwater fish of Australia. |
| carbeen+ | an Australian eucalyptus with drooping branches and grey bark. |
| churinga | a sacred amulet of the Australian aborigines. |
| coala koala | an Australian marsupial. |
| coolabah coolibah coolibar | a species of Australian eucalyptus tree. |
| coolamon | a shallow vessel made of wood or bark used by Australian aborigines to hold water etc. |
| corella | an Australian long-billed cockatoo. |
| corroboree | a noisy festivity. |
| cowal | a shallow lake or swamp. |
| cumbungi+ | a tall Australian marsh plant: CUMBUNGIS. |
| cunjevoi | a tall Australian plant of the arum family whose corms were formerly cooked as food; also, a kind of sea squirt found on Australian reefs and rocks and used as bait. |
| currajong kurrajong | an Australian evergreen. |
| currawong | an Australian crow-like bird with a resounding call. |
| currejong+ currijong+ kurrajong+ | an Australian evergreen. |
| didgeridoo didjeridoo | a native Australian musical instrument. |
| dilli dilly | an Australian aboriginal bag made of woven grass or fibre. |
| dingo | the Australian wild dog. Pl. DINGOES. |
| dunnart | a marsupial mouse of Australia and Papua New Guinea. |
| eugarie+ yugarie+ | another name for PIPI, any of various shellfishes. |
| eumong+ eumung+ | an Australian acacia. Also EUMUNG. |
| euro | any of several large types of kangaroo, aka WALLAROO. |
| galah | an Australian bird of the parrot family; (fig.) a loud, rude person. |
| geebung | an Australia proteaceous tree. |
| ghilgai gilgai | a saucer-shaped depression forming a natural reservoir. |
| gidgee gidjee | a small acacia tree whose foliage gives off an unpleasant odour. |
| gilgie jilgie | a small freshwater crayfish, aka YABBY or YABBIE. |
| gub gubbah | a white man. |
| gunyah | an Australian aborigine's hut. |
| hielaman | an Australian Aboriginal narrow shield of bark and wood. |
| humpy | an Australian Aboriginal bush dwelling of simple construction. |
| jackaroo jackeroo | a newcomer gaining experience at a sheep-station; (verb) to work as a newcomer at a sheep farm. |
| jarrah | the mahogany-like wood of the Australian tree Eucalyptus marginata. |
| kadaitcha+ | in certain Central Australian aboriginal tribes, a man with the mission of avenging the death of a tribesman. |
| kangaroo | a large marsupial. |
| karri | a Western Australian gum tree. |
| kiley kylie | a boomerang. |
| kookaburra goburra | a large Australian kingfisher. Its call sounds like a raucous laugh. |
| koolah | an obsolete form of KOALA. |
| koori | a young Aborigine girl. |
| lerp | in Australia, a scalelike, waxy, protective, edible secretion produced on the leaves of certain plant louse larvae. |
| lowan | an Australian bird, the mallee-bird. [Aboriginal lauan]. |
| lubra | an aboriginal woman. |
| luderick+ | an estuarine and rock fish of Australia. |
| mallee | a scrubby Australian evergreen tree. |
| marri+ | a eucalyptus of W. Australia, with coloured flowers. |
| marron | a freshwater crayfish of W. Australia. |
| morrell+ | a tall eucalyptus of SW Australia. |
| morwong | an Australasian food fish. |
| mugga+ | an Australian eucalyptus with dark bark and pink flowers. |
| mulga | a kind of acacia found in arid regions of Australia. |
| mulloway | a large Australian food-fish. [Aborigine malowe]. |
| muntrie+ | an Australian shrub with green-red edible berries. |
| murree+ murri+ | a native Australian. |
| myall | an Australian aborigine living traditionally; also a kind of acacia. |
| nannygai nannyghai nennigai | a large edible marine fish. |
| nardoo | an Australian name for Marsilea drummondii, a four-leaved cryptogamous plant, sometimes used for food. |
| numbat | a small Australian marsupial that feeds on termites. |
| paddymelon padymelon pademelon | any of several small wallabies. |
| parakeelya+ parakelia+ | a succulent Australian herb. Also PARAKELIA. |
| perentie+ perenty+ | a large monitor lizard of Australia. Also PERENTY. |
| pindan+ | a desert region of Western Australia. |
| pituri | an Australian solanaceous shrub. |
| potoroo | any small kangaroo belonging to Hypsiprymnus, Bettongia, and allied genera, native of Australia and Tasmania. Aka kangaroo rat. |
| quandang quandong quantong | a small Australian tree of the sandalwood family. |
| quarrian+ quarrion+ | a kind of COCKATIEL. Also QUARRION. |
| quokka | a small marsupial found in W. Australia. |
| quoll | an Australian marsupial, about the size of a cat. |
| taipan | an Australian venomous snake. |
| tammar | a small scrub wallaby. |
| tarwhine | an Australian sea-bream. |
| tewart tooart tuart | a strong-timbered eucalyptus. |
| tuan | an Australian arboreal marsupial. |
| tundun turndun | an Australian bullroarer. |
| waddy | a kind of war-club used by Australian aborigines; (verb) to strike with a waddy. |
| wallaby | any of a number of small marsupials of the family Macropodidae.[Aboriginal word wolaba]. |
| wallaroo | any of several large types of kangaroo. |
| wambenger | a small Australian marsupial, aka TUAN. |
| wandoo | an Australian hardwood tree. |
| waratah | any of a genus of Australian proteaceous shrubs with very showy flowers. |
| warragal warrigal warragle warragul | the Australian wild dog, the dingo. |
| wilga | a small white-flowered Australian tree. |
| wilja wiltja | an aboriginal hut. |
| wirilda+ | an Australian acacia tree. |
| wirrah+ | a saltwater fish with bright blue spots. |
| witchetty | any of the edible grubs of certain moths and longhorn beetles. [Aborig. wityu hooked stick + varti grub.] |
| wobbegong | a carpet shark. |
| wombat | any of three species of Australian burrowing marsupial. |
| womera woomera wommera woomerang | a stick for launching a spear with greater force. |
| wongi | to talk or chat. |
| wudjula+ | a non-aboriginal person. |
| wurley wurlie+ | a nest; an aboriginal hut. Pl. WURLEYS or WURLIES. |
| yabber | talk, conversation; (verb) to talk. [Australian pidgin, probably from aboriginal yabba, language.] |
| yabbie yabby | a small freshwater crayfish. |
| yacker yakker yakka | hard work, toil. |
| yarraman | a horse. |
| yarran+ | a small eucalyptus tree. |
| yidaki+ | a long wooden wind instrument played by the Aboriginal people of Arnhem Land: YIDAKIS. |
| yowie | a tall ape-like monster of SE Austalia. [Aborigine yuwi, dream-spirit]. |
| yugarie+ | see EUGARIE. |