kangaroo
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: an Australian animal that moves by hopping on its powerful rear legs
Full Definition of kangaroo
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: 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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Origin and Etymology of kangaroo
Guugu Yimidhirr (Australian aboriginal language of northern Queensland) gaŋurru
First Known Use: 1770
KANGAROO Defined for Kids
kangaroo
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kangaroos
: a leaping mammal of Australia and nearby islands that feeds on plants and has long powerful hind legs, a 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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