meaning of wombat
1. Any one of three species of Australian burrowing marsupials of the genus Phascolomys, especially the common species (P. ursinus). They are nocturnal in their habits, and feed mostly on roots.
2. WOMBAT Waste Of Money, Brains, And Time. Problems which are both profoundly uninteresting in themselves and unlikely to benefit anyone interesting even if solved. Often used in fanciful constructions such as "wrestling with a wombat". See also crawling horror, SMOP. [Jargon File]
3. wombat 1.
4. burrowing herbivorous Australian marsupials about the size of a badger
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