KANGAROO

noun (plural -roos) Etymology: Guugu Yimidhirr (Australian aboriginal language of northern Queensland) gaŋurru Date: 1770 any of various herbivorous leaping marsupial mammals (family Macropodidae) of Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands with a small head, large ears, long powerful hind legs, a long thick tail used as a support and in balancing, and rather small forelegs not used in locomotion