rakali

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English[edit]

Hydromys chrysogaster

Etymology[edit]

From Ngarrindjeri rekaldi.[1]

Noun[edit]

rakali (plural rakalis)

  1. (Australia) An amphibious rodent, Hydromys chrysogaster, found throughout Australia, having dark fur and a white-tipped tail; the water rat. [from 20th c.]
    • 2018, Robbie Arnott, Flames, Text Publishing, published 2023, page 29:
      The rakali yawns, snaps its mouth shut and curls back to sleep, untroubled […] .

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References[edit]

  1. ^ W. S. Ramson, editor (1988), “rakali”, in The Australian National Dictionary: A Dictionary of Australianisms on Historical Principles, Melbourne, Vic.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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