Appendix:Australian English terms for animals


 * 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)