Australian

adj.

1. Of or relating to Australia or its peoples, languages, or cultures.
2. Ecology. Of, relating to, or being the zoogeographic region that includes Australia and the islands adjacent to it, including New Guinea, New Zealand, Polynesia, and Tasmania.

n.

1. A native or inhabitant of Australia.
2. A member of any of the Aboriginal peoples of Australia.
3. Any of the languages of the Aboriginal peoples of Australia.

Pertaining to or originating in Australia.

• A. bat lyssavirus disease — see Australian bat lyssavirus disease.
• A. cattle dog — a medium-sized, compact working dog used for control of cattle. The coat is medium length and dense, but longer and thicker on the neck. It is a characteristic blue or red speckled color with erect ears and a bushy tail. The breed is affected by congenital deafness and a hereditary polioencephalomyelopathy.
• A. College of Veterinary Scientists — has the objective of encouraging veterinarians, principally those in practice, to undertake postgraduate study in professional subjects. Awards Membership and Fellowship qualifications, in part to establish credentials as specialists.
• A. feedlots — are designed to fit Australian grain farming conditions in which grain is available for cattle fattening in only a limited number of years. This restricts expenditure on capital improvements to post and wire fences of limited restraining power. Called also backup feedlots.
• A. fireweed — senecio bipinattisectus.
• A. heeler — see Australian cattle dog (above).
• A. Illawarra cattle — see illawarra cattle.
• A. indigo — indigofera australis.
• A. itch — see psorergates ovis.
• A. kelpie — a medium-sized, moderately short-coated, active dog used for working sheep. It is very alert, active and intelligent. Comes in black (sometimes called a barb), blue or red.

  Australian kelpie.

• A. Merino sheep — finewool, horned or polled, originated from Spanish merino; comes in superfine, finewool, medium and strongwool strains. See also booroola merino.
• A. milking shorthorn — see illawarra cattle.
• A. Milking Zebu — a zeboid breed of dairy cattle produced in Australia by crossbreeding Jersey, Red Sindhi and Sahiwal cattle with later infusions of Guernsey, AIS and Holstein–Friesian breeding. Resembles a Jersey, with drooped ears and dewlap of zebu. Called also AMZ.
• A. native dog — see dingo.
• A. phalaris — phalaris aquatica.
• A. Pony — bred in Australia by crossing Arab with ponies of various breeds, usually Welsh. Used as riding ponies for children. Known to carry the inherited cerebellar defect of the Arab. Assorted colors, mostly grays, no broken colors; 12 to 14 hands high.
• A. shepherd dog — a working sheep dog developed in the United States; it is little known in Australia. A medium-sized, tailless, medium-haired, black, red, red merle, blue merle and white dog, It suffers from an inherited retinal dysplasia, ocular colobomas.
• A. Shorthorn — a horned red or red roan with white patches breed of dairy cattle, bred in Australia from Shorthorn and other dairy breeds. Called also AIS, Australian Illawarra Shorthorn.
• A. silky terrier — see silky terrier.
• A. Stock horse — a class of horses rather than a breed. See cutting horse, polo pony.
• A. terrier — a small lively dog with a straight, harsh coat of medium length, relatively short legs, erect ears, and a docked tail which is carried erect.

  Australian terrier.

• A. umbrella tree — see schefflera actinophylla.
• A. Veterinary Association — a voluntary professional organization with the objective of maintaining the highest possible status of the Australian veterinary profession.
• A. Waler — see waler.
• A. white — see white holland.

Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a native or inhabitant of Australia
  Synonym: Aussie

Meaning #2: the Austronesian languages spoken by Australian aborigines
  Synonym: Aboriginal Australian

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The adjective Australian has one meaning:

Meaning #1: of or relating to or characteristic of Australia or its inhabitants
  Pertains to noun: Australia (meaning #2)

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - australier
adj. - australsk

Nederlands (Dutch)
Australiër, Australisch

Français (French)
n. - Australien
adj. - australien

Deutsch (German)
n. - Australier
adj. - australisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - Αυστραλός
adj. - αυστραλιανός, αυστραλέζικος, Αυστραλός

Italiano (Italian)
australiano

Português (Portuguese)
n. - australiano (m)
adj. - australiano

Русский (Russian)
австралиец, австралийка, австралийский

Español (Spanish)
n. - australiano
adj. - australiano, de Australia

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - australier
adj. - australisk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
澳洲人, 澳大利亚人, 澳洲人的, 澳洲的, 澳大利亚的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 澳洲人, 澳大利亞人
adj. - 澳洲人的, 澳洲的, 澳大利亞的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 오스트레일리아[사람]
adj. - 오스트레일리아[사람]의

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - オーストラリア人, オーストラリア原住民
adj. - オーストラリアの, オーストラリア人の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) استرالي : من ابنا استراليا (صفه) الأستراليه : احدى لغات استراليا الأصليه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אוסטרלי/ת‬
adj. - ‮אוסטרלי/ת, של אוסטרליה‬

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