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boodie en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

Variant of body.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete spelling of body.
   alt of body

Forms

boodie en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Modification of Scottish Gaelic bodach (“old man, churl, miser, ghost”), from Middle Irish botach (“serf, rustic, peasant”), from bot (“penis”) + -ach.

Meanings

1. (Scotland) A hobgoblin.

Forms

boodie en · NOUN · etymology 3

Etymology

From Nyunga burdi.

Meanings

1. (Australia) A species of bettong, Bettongia lesueur.
   • 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. 1985, Australia's Amazing Wildlife, page 304:
   • 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. 1968, Vincent Serventy, Wildlife of Australia, page 34:
   • 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. 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:

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Synonyms

Lesueur's rat-kangaroo (species of bettong) · burrowing bettong (species of bettong)