boodie

English

Etymology 1

Variant of body.

Noun

boodie (plural boodies)

1. Obsolete spelling of body.

Etymology 2

Modification of Scottish Gaelic bodach (“old man, churl, miser, ghost”), from Middle Irish botach (“serf, rustic, peasant”), from bot (“penis”) + -ach.

Noun

boodie (plural boodies)

1. (Scotland) A hobgoblin.

Etymology 3

From Nyunga burdi.

Noun

boodie (plural boodies)

1. (Australia) A species of bettong, Bettongia lesueur.
   • 1968, Vincent Serventy, Wildlife of Australia‎^[1], page 34:

     However, the boodie, once common over much of southern Australia, is now only found in numbers on offshore islands on the mid-west coast. Boodies are sociable animals and since they dig burrows, considerable warrens can be formed.

   • 1985, Australia's Amazing Wildlife, page 304:

     The bettongs live in moderately dry country and with the exception of the Boodie, which digs burrows, all make nests of grass on the ground.

   • 2002, C. R. Veitch, Michael Norman Clout, editors, Turning the Tide: the Eradication of Invasive Species: Proceedings of the International Conference on the Eradication of Island Invasives, page 224:

     The work on Boodie Island was the first attempt in Australia to eradicate black rats in the presence of a threatened, non-target mammal. […] It is likely that as many as 200-300 boodies now inhabit the island.

Synonyms

• (species of bettong): burrowing bettong, Lesueur's rat-kangaroo

Anagrams

• doobie