Oceania Vocabulary

Artesian Wells

• a well in which the water flows to the surface naturally

• a species threatened with extinction

• isolated rural country especially of Australia

• a large uncleared or sparsely settled area (as in Australia) usually scrub-covered or forested

Aborigines

• a member of any of the native people of Australia

• any of a small genus (Apteryx) of flightless New Zealand birds with rudimentary wings, stout legs, a long bill, and grayish brown

• to increase the variety of products of

• of or relating to the sea

Endangered species

• a species threatened with extinction

• a football game in which play is continuous without time-outs or substitutions, interference and forward passing are not permitted, and kicking, dribbling, lateral passing, and tackling are featured

• a non-self-governing territory placed under an administrative authority by the Trusteeship Council of the United Nations

• a coral island consisting of a reef surrounding a lagoon

Marsupials

• any of an order of mammals (as kangaroos and opossums) that have a pouch on the abdomen of the female containing the teats and serving to carry the young

• a large uncleared or sparsely settled area (as in Australia) usually scrub-covered or forested

• any of a small genus (Apteryx) of flightless New Zealand birds with rudimentary wings, stout legs, a long bill, and grayish brown hairlike plumage

• a major political unit having a territory of great extent or a number of territories or peoples under a single sovereign authority

Outback

• isolated rural country especially of Australia

• a non-self-governing territory placed under an administrative authority by the Trusteeship Council of the United Nations

• a large uncleared or sparsely settled area (as in Australia) usually scrub-covered or forested

• to move from one country, place, or locality to another

Rugby

• a football game in which play is continuous without time-outs or substitutions, interference and forward passing are not permitted, and kicking, dribbling, lateral passing, and tackling are featured

• of or relating to the sea

• produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment

• a coral island consisting of a reef surrounding a lagoon

Bush

• a large uncleared or sparsely settled area (as in Australia) usually scrub-covered or forested

• any of an order of mammals (as kangaroos and opossums) that have a pouch on the abdomen of the female containing the teats and serving to carry the young

• any of a small genus (Apteryx) of flightless New Zealand birds with rudimentary wings, stout legs, a long bill, and grayish brown hairlike plumage

• a major political unit having a territory of great extent or a number of territories or peoples under a single sovereign authority

Kiwi

• any of a small genus (Apteryx) of flightless New Zealand birds with rudimentary wings, stout legs, a long bill, and grayish brown hairlike plumage

• to increase the variety of products of

• to move from one country, place, or locality to another

• a member of any of the native people of Australia

Marine

• of or relating to the sea

• a coral island consisting of a reef surrounding a lagoon

• to move from one country, place, or locality to another

•  to increase the variety of products of

Diversification

•  to increase the variety of products of 

• a non-self-governing territory placed under an administrative authority by the Trusteeship Council of the United Nations

  
  

• to move from one country, place, or locality to another

• a coral island consisting of a reef surrounding a lagoon