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glider

Language: 
Biyal Biyal
Australian: 
Dab-bie
English JS Main: 
glider
English: 
"Native name Dab-bie" ====Mammal, facing to the left and shown from above with legs outstretched to show the loose skin at its sides, against a plain background. The animal is predominantly grey, with darker stripes from the nose to the middle of the back, and from the front paws along the sides. The tail is thick and longer than the body, with a white tip. ... Credits: The author of this catalogue record is Suzanne Stenning.
Category: 
fauna: mammals
Sub-category: 
possum
Source: 
Painters
Line: 
12085
Respelt: 
dabi
Part of speech: 
noun
Source Details: 
INDIGENOUS NAMES IN WORKS BY THE PORT JACKSON PAINTER, THOMAS WATLING etc. Watling Collection, Natural History Museum, London Transcribed by Keith V. Smith 2002 Watling, Thomas, 1762-1814? -------------- NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, LONDON <[WebCat] Search The Natural History Museum's library catalogue> The 5-digit numbers are the picture identification numbers quoted near the end of each entry. --------- Most or all of the items with an indigenous word attached are in the JS PAINTERS ringbinder, arranged alphabelically by a JS ’no hyphens’ transcription. ========= NO PAINTERS FILE: This is the PENCIL line number (in JS ’Painters’ ringbinder) supplied by Keith Smith. the page numbers entered by JS
Comment: 
Watling Drawing - no. 85 : Marsupial, "Native name Dab-bie" / Thomas Watling]

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