boodie
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Variant of body.
Noun edit
boodie (plural boodies)
Etymology 2 edit
Modification of Scottish Gaelic bodach (“old man, churl, miser, ghost”), from Middle Irish botach (“serf, rustic, peasant”), from bot (“penis”) + -ach.[1]
Noun edit
boodie (plural boodies)
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
boodie (plural boodies)
- (Australia) A species of bettong, Bettongia lesueur.
- 1968, Vincent Serventy, Wildlife of Australia[1], 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.
Synonyms edit
- (species of bettong): burrowing bettong, Lesueur's rat-kangaroo
References edit
- ^ “boodie”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ^ 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.