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: any of several stocky burrowing Australian marsupials (genera Vombatus and Lasiorhinus of the family Vombatidae) resembling small bears
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After the wombat hisses, seemingly in distress, Jones eventually returns the animal to the bush.
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Rebecca Schneid, TIME, 13 Mar. 2025
If attacked, a wombat’s first line of defense is an unexpected one.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Mange is fatal without treatment, both wombat experts said, and their cases needed to be reported.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2025
The American influencer who faced backlash after taking a baby wombat from its mother in Australia sent a message to news viewers after failing to appear for a scheduled on-air interview.
—Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 17 Mar. 2025
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Rebecca Schneid, TIME, 13 Mar. 2025
If attacked, a wombat’s first line of defense is an unexpected one.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Mange is fatal without treatment, both wombat experts said, and their cases needed to be reported.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2025
The American influencer who faced backlash after taking a baby wombat from its mother in Australia sent a message to news viewers after failing to appear for a scheduled on-air interview.
—Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 17 Mar. 2025
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“Wombat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wombat. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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wombat
noun
wom·bat
ˈwüm-ˌbat 
: any of several stocky burrowing Australian marsupials that resemble small bears
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