n.
Pronunciation: ˌ ka ŋ -g ə - ' rü
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -roos
Etymology: Guugu Yimidhirr (Australian aboriginal language of northern Queensland) ga ŋ urru
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
kangaroo