A small marsupial from Australia, similar to a rabbit-rat, with grayish fur and a pouch.
From Nyungar, an Aboriginal language of Western Australia. The word was adopted into English when European settlers encountered this native Australian animal.
The boodie was thought to be extinct by the 1960s but rediscovered in 1992—it's a living time capsule of animals that survived on remote Australian islands for millions of years.
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