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BILBY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bilby mean?
• BILBY (noun)
The noun BILBY has 1 sense:
1. bandicoot with leathery ears like a rabbit
Familiarity information: BILBY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bandicoot with leathery ears like a rabbit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
bilby; Macrotis lagotis; rabbit-eared bandicoot; rabbit bandicoot
Hypernyms ("bilby" is a kind of...):
bandicoot (any of various agile ratlike terrestrial marsupials of Australia and adjacent islands; insectivorous and herbivorous)
Holonyms ("bilby" is a member of...):
genus Macrotis; Macrotis (a genus of Peramelidae)
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