KANGAROO

[kan.ga.roo] n, pl -roos [Guugu Yimidhirr (Australian aboriginal language of northern Queensland) gangurru] (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 progression