| wallaby | (n) any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos; often brightly colored, Syn. brush kangaroo |
| wallace | (n) Scottish insurgent who led the resistance to Edward I; in 1297 he gained control of Scotland briefly until Edward invaded Scotland again and defeated Wallace and subsequently executed him (1270-1305), Syn. Sir William Wallace |
| wallace | (n) English writer noted for his crime novels (1875-1932), Syn. Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace, Edgar Wallace |
| wallace | (n) English naturalist who formulated a concept of evolution that resembled Charles Darwin's (1823-1913), Syn. Alfred Russel Wallace |
| wallah | (n) usually in combination: person in charge of or employed at a particular thing, Example: a kitchen wallah; the book wallah |
| walla walla | (n) a town in southeastern Washington near the Oregon border |
| Wallaba | n. (Bot.) A leguminous tree (Eperua falcata) of Demerara, with pinnate leaves and clusters of red flowers. The reddish brown wood is used for palings and shingles. J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants). [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Wallaby | n.; pl. Wallabies [ From a native name. ] (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of kangaroos belonging to the genus Halmaturus, native of Australia and Tasmania, especially the smaller species, as the brush kangaroo (Halmaturus Bennettii) and the pademelon (Halmaturus thetidis). The wallabies chiefly inhabit the wooded district and bushy plains. [ Written also wallabee, and whallabee. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Wallachian | a. [ Also Walachian, Wallach, Wallack, Vlach, etc. ] Of or pertaining to Wallachia, a former principality, now part of the kingdom, of Roumania. -- n. An inhabitant of Wallachia; also, the language of the Wallachians; Roumanian. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
| Wallack | a. & n. See Wallachian. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
| Wallah | n. (Zool.) A black variety of the jaguar; -- called also tapir tiger. [ Written also walla. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Wallaroo | n. (Zool.) Any one of several species of kangaroos of the genus Macropus, especially Macropus robustus, sometimes called the great wallaroo. [ 1913 Webster ] |
