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別の表記

• paddymelon, padmelon, padymelon

発音

• IPA: /ˈpædəmɛlən/

名詞

pademelon (plural pademelons)

1. Any wallaby of the genus Thylogale of small macropods.

   Synonym: filander

   • 2007, Scott Alexander King, Animal Dreaming: The Symbolic and Spiritual Language of the Australasian Animals, page 57:

     Although Pademelons are solitary and territorial by nature, it is not uncommon to witness small groups feeding in close proximity to one another.

   • 2008, Barbara A. Holzman, Tropical Forest Biomes, page 122:

     Kangaroos and their relatives that live in the rainforest include pademelons, wallabies, and tree kangaroos. Pademelons are small kangaroo-like marsupials that prefer solitary nocturnal life in the rainforest.

   • 2013, Iain Campbell, Sam Woods, Wildlife of Australia, page 32:

     Pademelons are a distinct group of small wallabies, considerably smaller than both the giant kangaroos and the other, larger wallabies. When foraging slowly, pademelons usually move on all fours.

参考

• euro
• joey
• wallaroo

語源 2

Alternative forms.

名詞

pademelon (plural pademelons)

1. Alternative form of paddymelon (“the plant”).