: 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
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Recent Examples on the WebThis week is kangaroo mince Bolognese with a tonnnneee of basil.—Refinery29 Australia Team, refinery29.com, 22 Jan. 2024 This includes lions and tigers and bears (oh my), baby elephants, giraffes, chimpanzees, pythons, alligators, kangaroos, dolphins and 3,000-pound walruses.—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 23 July 2024 Other animals in the exhibit include kangaroos, porcupines, parrots and various large reptiles.—Esther Sun, Sacramento Bee, 19 July 2024 Animals in the Australian zone include emus, kangaroos, Tasmanian devils, wombats and koalas.—Carrie Shepherd, Axios, 18 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for kangaroo
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Etymology
Guugu Yimidhirr (Australian aboriginal language of northern Queensland) gaŋurru
: any of numerous leaping marsupial mammals of Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands that feed on plants and have a small head, long powerful hind legs, a long thick tail used as a support in standing or walking, and in the female a pouch on the abdomen in which the young are carried
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