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Kangaroo vs Dolphin - What's the difference?

kangaroo | dolphin |

As nouns the difference between kangaroo and dolphin

is that kangaroo is a member of the macropodidae family of large marsupials with strong hind legs for hopping, native to australia while dolphin is a carnivorous aquatic mammal inhabiting mostly in the shallower seas of the continental shelves, famed for its intelligence and occasional willingness to approach humans or dolphin can be (nautical) a man-made semi submerged maritime structure, usually installed to provide a fixed structure for temporary mooring, to prevent ships from drifting to shallow water or to serve as base for navigational aids.

As a verb kangaroo

is to practice kangaroo care on an infant; to hold a premature infant against the skin.

kangaroo

English

(wikipedia 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 * ----

    dolphin

    English

    (wikipedia dolphin)

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) dolfin, from (etyl) daulphin, dalphin, daufin, from (etyl) "womb".

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A carnivorous aquatic mammal inhabiting mostly in the shallower seas of the continental shelves, famed for its intelligence and occasional willingness to approach humans.
  • A fish, the mahi-mahi or dorado, Coryphaena hippurus , with a dorsal fin that runs the length of the body, also known for iridescent coloration.
  • The dauphin, eldest son of the kings of France.
  • (historical) A mass of iron or lead hung from the yardarm, in readiness to be dropped through the deck and the hull of an enemy's vessel to sink it.
  • (nautical) A kind of wreath or strap of plaited cordage.
  • (nautical) A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a ring to which ships may fasten their cables.
  • A mooring post on a wharf or beach.
  • A permanent fender around a heavy boat just below the gunwale.
  • (military, obsolete) One of the handles above the trunnions by which a gun was lifted.
    • (Webster 1913)
    Synonyms
    *
    Derived terms
    (terms derived from dolphin) * Amazon River dolphin * Arabian common dolphin * Atlantic humpback dolphin * Atlantic spotted dolphin * Atlantic white-sided dolphin * Australian snubfin dolphin * bottlenose dolphin * Chilean dolphin * Commerson's dolphin * common dolphin * delphine * dolphin hugger * dolphinarium * dolphin-friendly * dusky dolphin * flog the dolphin * Fraser's dolphin * Ganges and Indus River dolphin * Heaviside's dolphin * Hector's dolphin * hourglass dolphin * humpback dolphin dolphin * Indian humpback dolphin * Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphin * Irrawaddy dolphin * La Plata dolphin * long-beaked common dolphin * northern right whale dolphin * Pacific humpback dolphin * Pacific white-sided dolphin * Peale's dolphin * Risso's dolphin * rought-toothed dolphin * short-beaked common dolphin * southern right whale dolphin * spinner dolphin * striped dolphin * white-beaked dolphin * wholphin * Yangtze river dolphin

    See also

    * killer whale * pod * porpoise * sea lion * seal * whale

    Etymology 2

    From (duc d'Albe in French), who was the first to let build this type of structures in the Spanish Netherlands in the 16th century.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) A man-made semi submerged maritime structure, usually installed to provide a fixed structure for temporary mooring, to prevent ships from drifting to shallow water or to serve as base for navigational aids.