Main Entry: kan·ga·roo

Pronunciation: \ˌkaŋ-gə-ˈrü\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural kan·ga·roos

Etymology: Guugu Yimidhirr (Australian aboriginal language of northern Queensland) gaŋurru

Date: 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 locomotion

[kangaroo illustration]