kangaroo
Noun
(
en noun)
A member of the Macropodidae family of large marsupials with strong hind legs for hopping, native to Australia.
* 1770 , (James Cook), Journal , 4 August 1770 [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/8106]:
- Besides the Animals which I have before mentioned, called by the Natives Kangooroo', or ' Kanguru […].
* 1814 , (Matthew Flinders), A Voyage to Terra Australis :
- In the woods are the kanguroo , the emu or cassowary, paroquets, and a variety of small birds […].
(Canada, attributive) A hooded jacket with a front pocket, usually of fleece material, a kangaroo jacket.
Synonyms
* (Macropodidae) macropod, roo
* (jacket) bunny hug, hoodie, kangaroo jacket
Derived terms
* antelope kangaroo, antilopine kangaroo
* banded kangaroo
* brush kangaroo
* eastern grey kangaroo
* forest kangaroo
* giant kangaroo
* great kangaroo
* hare-kangaroo
* kangaroo apple
* kangaroo ball
* kangaroo bar
* kangaroo bear
* kangaroo-beetle
* kangaroo care
* kangaroo closure
* kangaroo code
* kangaroo court
* Kangaroo Defence, Kangaroo Defense
* kangaroo-dog
* kangaroo-fly
* kangaroo-foot plant
* kangaroo grass
* kangaroo hare
* kangaroo-hop
* (Kangaroo Hoppet)
* kangaroo-hound
* (Kangaroo Island)
* kangaroo jerboa
* kangaroo justice
* kangaroo meat
* kangaroo mother care, kangaroo mother method
* kangaroo mouse
* kangaroo paw
* kangaroo ship
* kangaroo rat
* kangaroo route
* kangaroo's-foot, kangaroo's-foot plant
* kangaroo-shoot
* kangaroo-shooter
* kangaroo-shooting
* kangaroo skin
* kangaroo-thorn
* Kangaroo Tour
* kangaroo trial
* kangaroo unicycle
* kangaroo vine
* kangaroo word
* musk kangaroo
* rat-kangaroo
* red kangaroo
* rock kangaroo
* roo
* tree kangaroo
* western grey kangaroo
See also
* joey
* marsupial
* (Resemblance of the folk-etymologies )
* wallaby
Verb
(
en verb)
To practice kangaroo care on an infant; to hold a premature infant against the skin.
To hunt kangaroo.
References
* , Australian Aboriginal Words , Oxford University Press, 1990, ISBN 0-19-553099-3
*
----
Not English
has no English definition. It may be misspelled. 