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kangaroo
noun
kan·ga·roo
ˌkaŋ-gə-ˈrü 
plural kangaroos
: 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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Police in Waco, Texas, found themselves in an unusually bouncy pursuit to recapture a runaway kangaroo.
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Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
Hunting kangaroos and snoozing by the fire The dingo’s bones tell their own story.
—ArsTechnica, 18 May 2026
The researchers also say future studies could investigate whether limb preferences in animals such as parrots or kangaroos evolved through similar evolutionary pressures, potentially revealing that handedness-like behavior emerged independently across different branches of the animal kingdom.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 16 May 2026
Earlier this week, Irwin, 22, revealed that the children of William and his wife Kate Middleton had chosen a name for a new baby kangaroo at his Australia Zoo in Queensland.
—Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026
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Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
Hunting kangaroos and snoozing by the fire The dingo’s bones tell their own story.
—ArsTechnica, 18 May 2026
The researchers also say future studies could investigate whether limb preferences in animals such as parrots or kangaroos evolved through similar evolutionary pressures, potentially revealing that handedness-like behavior emerged independently across different branches of the animal kingdom.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 16 May 2026
Earlier this week, Irwin, 22, revealed that the children of William and his wife Kate Middleton had chosen a name for a new baby kangaroo at his Australia Zoo in Queensland.
—Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026
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“Kangaroo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kangaroo. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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kangaroo
noun
kan·ga·roo
ˌkaŋ-gə-ˈrü
plural kangaroos
: any of numerous leaping marsupial mammals of Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands that feed on plants and have a small head, long powerful hind legs, a long 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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