kangaroo

Definitions


[ˌkaŋɡəˈruː], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a large plant-eating marsupial with a long powerful tail and strongly developed hindlimbs that enable it to travel by leaping, found only in Australia and New Guinea


Phrases:
- have kangaroos in the top paddock

Origin:
late 18th century: the name of a specific kind of kangaroo in an Aboriginal language of North Queensland




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