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dibbler (DIB-lr) - n., a small mouse-like marsupial (Parantechinus apicalis) of southwestn Australia.
Also, a person or tool that dibbles, but that's not important right now. The dibbler looks very similar to an antechinus, and indeed for a long time was classified as one, but was deemed a member of a separate genus in the 1940s -- and the name of the genus is para-, like + antechinus. The dibbler name is an adaptation into English of djil-yoor, its name in a Noongar/Nyungar language (again).
And that wraps up a week of various marsupials -- back to the usual mix next week.
---L.
Also, a person or tool that dibbles, but that's not important right now. The dibbler looks very similar to an antechinus, and indeed for a long time was classified as one, but was deemed a member of a separate genus in the 1940s -- and the name of the genus is para-, like + antechinus. The dibbler name is an adaptation into English of djil-yoor, its name in a Noongar/Nyungar language (again).
And that wraps up a week of various marsupials -- back to the usual mix next week.
---L.
