wombat (wombat)

[A corruption of the native Australian name womback or wombach.] An Australian marsupial mammal of the genus Phascolomys, as P.wombat or P. ursinus. See cut under Phascolomys. womb-brothert (wöm'bruth"ėr), n. A brother uterine. [Rare.] Edmund of Haddam was son to Queen Katherine by Owen The odor, her second husband, Womb -brother to King Henry the Sixth, and Father to King Henry the Seventh. Fuller , Worthies. ( Davies .) wombed (wömd), a. [ womb + -ed2.] Having a womb, in any sense. I'll muster forces, an unvanquish'd power; Cornets of horse shall pre th' ungrateful earth; This hollow wombed ma shall inly groan, And murmur to sustain the weight of arms. Marston, Antonio and Mellida, I., iii. 1. womb-grain (wöm'grān), n. Ergot, or spurred rye (technically called secale cornutum): so called from the effect of the drug upon the uterus. womb-pa age (wöm'pas"āj), n. The vagina. See cut under peritoneum. womb-pipet, n. Same as womb - pa age. Cot grave. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary