boodie
English
Etymology 1
Variant of body.
Noun
boodie (plural boodies)
- Obsolete spelling of body
Noun
boodie (plural boodies)
- (Scotland) A hobgoblin.[1]
Etymology 3
From Nyungaburdi.[2]
Noun
boodie (plural boodies)
- (Australia) A species of bettong, Bettongia lesueur.
- 1968, Vincent Serventy, Wildlife of Australia, page 34:
- However, the boodie, once common over much of southern Australia, is now only found in numbers on offshore islands on the mid-west coast. Boodies are sociable animals and since they dig burrows, considerable warrens can be formed.
- 1985, Australia's Amazing Wildlife, page 304,
- The bettongs live in moderately dry country and with the exception of the Boodie, which digs burrows, all make nests of grass on the ground.
- 2002, C. R. Veitch, Michael Norman Clout (editors), Turning the Tide: the Eradication of Invasive Species: Proceedings of the International Conference on the Eradication of Island Invasives, page 224,
- The work on Boodie Island was the first attempt in Australia to eradicate black rats in the presence of a threatened, non-target mammal. […] It is likely that as many as 200-300 boodies now inhabit the island.
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Synonyms
- (species of bettong): burrowing bettong
References
- Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged. Merriam-Webster, 2002. http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com (17 Aug 2011)
- “boodie” in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press, accessed 2012 September 12.
Anagrams
- doobie