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Wallaroo vs Kangaroo - What's the difference?

wallaroo | kangaroo |

As nouns the difference between wallaroo and kangaroo

is that wallaroo is any of three closely related species of moderately large macropods]], intermediate in size between the kangaroos and the [[wallaby|wallabies while kangaroo is a member of the macropodidae family of large marsupials with strong hind legs for hopping, native to australia.

As a verb kangaroo is

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

wallaroo

English

(wikipedia wallaroo)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of three closely related species of moderately large macropods]], intermediate in size between the kangaroos and the [[wallaby, wallabies.
  • The (common wallaroo), ; the most common and widely spread species of the three.

    • Hyponyms

    *(any of three intermediate-size macropods) ** (common wallaroo), (hill wallaroo) - ** (black wallaroo), (vern, Bernard's wallaroo), (vern, Woodward's wallaroo) - ** antilopine wallaroo - *(Macropus robustus) (eastern wallaroo), euro

    See also

    * joey * marsupial * potoroo * wallaby

    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 * ----