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noun
An inhabitant of Western Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, humorous
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noun
Any species of the family Cylindrachetidae of subterranean insects, found in Australia, New Guinea and Argentina.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From sand + groper. The sense “Western Australian” may originate either as a reference to the relatively large proportion of desert in the state or to gold mining during the rushes of the 19th Century.
