KANGAROO


Meaning of KANGAROO in English

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

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