bilby

See also: Bilby and biłby

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Gamilaraay bilbi.

Pronunciation

• (Australia) IPA^(key): /ˈbɪlbiː/

Noun

bilby (plural bilbies)

1. An Australian desert marsupial of the only extant species Macrotis lagotis with distinctive large ears and approximately the size of a rabbit.

   Synonyms: dalgite, pinkie, rabbit bandicoot, rabbit-eared bandicoot

Derived terms

• Easter bilby
• eastern bilby (Macrotis lagotis sagitta)
• greater bilby (Macrotis lagotis)
• lesser bilby (†Macrotis leucura — extinct)
• western bilby (Macrotis lagotis lagotis)

Translations

Australian desert marsupial

• Arabic: بيلبي كبير
• Arrernte:

  Eastern Arrernte: aherte

• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} обикновен торбест бандикут (bg) m (obiknoven torbest bandikut)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 兔耳袋狸 (tù'ěrdàilí)

• Czech: bandikut králíkovitý m
• Finnish: pussikaniini (fi), korvapusseli
• Irish: bilbí m
• Japanese: ミミナガバンディクート (miminagabandikūto)
• Korean: 큰빌비 (keunbilbi)
• Malayalam: ബിൽബി (bilbi)
• Navajo: naʼatsʼǫǫsí bijaaʼntsxaaígíí
• Russian: би́лби m (bílbi), кро́личий бандику́т m (króličij bandikút), уша́стый су́мчатый барсу́к m (ušástyj súmčatyj barsúk)
• Swedish: större kaninpunggrävling c
• Ukrainian: бандикут кролячий m (bandykut kroljačyj)

References

• bilby on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Macrotis lagotis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Macrotis lagotis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Libby