bilby

bil·by

(bĭl′bē)

n. pl. bil·bies

An omnivorous burrow-dwelling bandicoot (Macrotis lagotis) of arid regions of Australia, having long ears, a long, tapering snout, and strong forelegs with long claws.

[Yuwaalaraay (Pama-Nyungan language of southeast-central Australia) bilbi.]

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bilby

(ˈbɪlbɪ)

n, pl -bies

(Animals) a burrowing marsupial of the genus Macrotis of Australia having long pointed ears and grey fur. Also called: rabbit bandicoot or dalgyte

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bilby - bandicoot with leathery ears like a rabbit

Macrotis lagotis, rabbit bandicoot, rabbit-eared bandicoot

bandicoot - any of various agile ratlike terrestrial marsupials of Australia and adjacent islands; insectivorous and herbivorous

genus Macrotis, Macrotis - a genus of Peramelidae

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Revealing Bilby secrets

The Woodside Browse LNG Precinct Environmental Impact Assessment stated there 'was scant evidence of Greater Bilby activity' in the region--so a group of researchers from Melbourne University supported by the Australian Conservation Foundation decided to test this claim.

Bilbies on burrowed time: a thriving population of bilbies have been unearthed at James Price Point, reports James Norman, smack bang in the middle of the proposed Browse gas hub

Sydney: The future of Australia's desert-dwelling bilby is under threat after floods destroyed a predator fence which allowed feral cats to kill 150 of the newborn marsupials, conservationists said Thursday.

Australia's nocturnal bilby under threat after floods

Mr Davies told the couple it would be fine for George to stroke the animal and went to coax the bilby closer, but Kate stepped in to stop him, thinking it a bad idea, and said: "He's got quite a strong grab, actually."

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Ann Cleeves at the launch of Crime Story with Northumbria University criminologists Louise Ridley, Mike >Rowe and Charlotte Bilby

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Following the Admission of the 250,000 ordinary shares, Bilby will have 40,540,027 ordinary shares in issue which will also represent the total number of voting rights in the company.

Bilby Acquires UK Electrical Services Firm R. Dunham

Gregory Andrews, the national commissioner of threatened species, said: "We have got to make choices to save animals that we love, and who define us as a nation like the bilby, the warru (Black-footed rock-wallaby) and the night parrot."

Australia to air drop poison sausages in effort to kill two million cats by 2020; As part of efforts to become predator free by 2050 the Australian government is trying to wipe out the feral cat population already blamed for 20 extinctions

Rather than celebrate Easter with bunnies, Australians usher in autumn (when Easter falls in the southern hemisphere) with the Easter Bilby. Also called rabbit-bandicoots, bilbies are Australian marsupials with long ears (left).

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Meanwhile, Ed Schein and Jeffrey Fulton completed a long-term lease for 11,152 square feet at 101 Bilby Road in Hackettstown for Saltopia, a purveyor of natural sea salt products.