woomera

Dec. 22nd, 2005 07:22 am
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woomera - n., a wooden rod with a hooked end used by Australian aborigines for throwing a spear.


The Aussie atlatl. It's almost as good a word to say as atlatl. From the name for it in the aboriginal language of the Port Jackson area.

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