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Water Crake :: Water crake () The swamp hen, or crake, of Australia..

Sycock :: Sycoceryl (n.) A radical, of the aromatic series, regarded as an essential ingredient of certain compounds found in the waxy resin of an Australian species of fig..

Fomalhaut :: Fomalhaut (n.) A star of the first magnitude, in the constellation Piscis Australis, or Southern Fish..

Wattlebird :: Wattlebird (n.) The Australian brush turkey.

Rattan :: Rattan (n.) One of the long slender flexible stems of several species of palms of the genus Calamus, mostly East Indian, though some are African and Australian. They are exceedingly tough, and are used for walking sticks, wickerwork, chairs and seats of chairs, cords and cordage, and many other purposes..

Wurraluh :: Wurraluh (n.) The Australian white-quilled honey eater (Entomyza albipennis).

Squeakingly :: Squeaker (n.) The Australian gray crow shrile (Strepera anaphonesis); -- so called from its note.

Bushranger :: Bushranger (n.) One who roams, or hides, among the bushes; especially, in Australia, an escaped criminal living in the bush..

Lyre Bird :: Lyre bird () Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the genus Menura. The male is remarkable for having the sixteen tail feathers very long and, when spread, arranged in the form of a lyre. The common lyre bird (Menura superba), inhabiting New South Wales, is about the size of a grouse. Its general color is brown, with rufous color on the throat, wings, tail coverts and tail. Called also lyre pheasant and lyre-tail..

Fantail :: Fantail (n.) Any bird of the Australian genus Rhipidura, in which the tail is spread in the form of a fan during flight. They belong to the family of flycatchers..

Echidna :: Echidna (n.) A genus of Monotremata found in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea. They are toothless and covered with spines; -- called also porcupine ant-eater, and Australian ant-eater..

Brush Turkey :: Brush turkey () A large, edible, gregarious bird of Australia (Talegalla Lathami) of the family Megapodidae. Also applied to several allied species of New Guinea..

Cassican :: Cassican (n.) An American bird of the genus Cassicus, allied to the starlings and orioles, remarkable for its skillfully constructed and suspended nest; the crested oriole. The name is also sometimes given to the piping crow, an Australian bird..

Perameles :: Perameles (n.) Any marsupial of the genus Perameles, which includes numerous species found in Australia. They somewhat resemble rabbits in size and form. See Illust. under Bandicoot..

Aurora :: Aurora (n.) The aurora borealis or aurora australis (northern or southern lights).

Leatherneck :: Leatherneck (n.) The sordid friar bird of Australia (Tropidorhynchus sordidus).

Philander :: Philander (n.) An Australian bandicoot (Perameles lagotis).

Casuarina :: Casuarina (n.) A genus of leafless trees or shrubs, with drooping branchlets of a rushlike appearance, mostly natives of Australia. Some of them are large, producing hard and heavy timber of excellent quality, called beefwood from its color..

Dryandra :: Dryandra (n.) A genus of shrubs growing in Australia, having beautiful, hard, dry, evergreen leaves..

Dingo :: Dingo (n.) A wild dog found in Australia, but supposed to have introduced at a very early period. It has a wolflike face, bushy tail, and a reddish brown color..

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