Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oolacunta

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: oola-cun-ta
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An extinct marsupial, the desert rat kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris), that lived in a sand-ridge and gibber-plain habitat in south-western Queensland and north-eastern Australia.

Example Sentences

"The fabulous oolacunta, a rat kangaroo that is now extinct, streaked across the desert at speeds that made it seem to float above the ground."

Etymology

Aboriginal.

Inflected Forms

oolacuntas (plural)

Questions

What does oolacunta mean?: An extinct marsupial, the desert rat kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris), that lived in a sand-ridge and gibber-plain habitat in south-western Queensland and north-eastern Australia.
Where does oolacunta come from?: Aboriginal.

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