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PADDYMELON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does paddymelon mean? 

PADDYMELON (noun)
  The noun PADDYMELON has 1 sense:

1. small reddish-brown wallabies of scrubby areas of Australia and New Guineaplay

  Familiarity information: PADDYMELON used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PADDYMELON (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small reddish-brown wallabies of scrubby areas of Australia and New Guinea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

paddymelon; pademelon

Hypernyms ("paddymelon" is a kind of...):

brush kangaroo; wallaby (any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos; often brightly colored)

Holonyms ("paddymelon" is a member of...):

genus Thylogale; Thylogale (pademelons)


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