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- bities - biting insects
- bitzer - a mongrel dog (bits of this and bits of that)
- blowie - a common blow fly
- bluey - a bluebottle
- bluey - a blue cattle dog (named after its subtle markings)
- boomer - a large male kangaroo
- brumby - a wild horse
- bunyip - a mythical outback creature
- chook – a chicken, as in chook raffle, also used in New Zealand English
- cleanskin - cattle that have not been branded, earmarked or castrated
- cockie - a cockatoo
- cockie - a cockroach
- croc – a crocodile
- dish-licker – a dog, often for greyhounds
- dunny budgie - a blowfly
- joey - a baby kangaroo
- jumbuck - a sheep
- kelpie - an Australian sheepdog originally bred from Scottish collie
- mob - a family or herd (?) of kangaroos
- mozzie or mozzy – a mosquito
- muddy - a mud crab (a great delicacy)
- roo - a kangaroo
- yabby - a small inland freshwater crayfish found in Australia (Cherax destructor) (from Wembawemba)
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