kangaroo

Definition of kangaroo in English English dictionary: A member of a family of large marsupials with strong hind legs for hopping, mainly found in Australia, scientific name macropod; A hooded jacket with a front pocket, usually of fleece material, a kangaroo jacket; The tree kangaroos, belonging to the genus Dendrolagus, live in trees; the rock kangaroos, of the genus Petrogale, inhabit rocky situations; and the brush kangaroos, of the genus Halmaturus, inhabit wooded districts; {i} large marsupial mammal with a long tail and powerful hind legs for jumping (native to Australia and neighboring islands); kangourou; A kangaroo is a large Australian animal which moves by jumping on its back legs. Female kangaroos carry their babies in a pouch on their stomach. Most specifically, any of six large Australasian marsupials of the family Macropodidae. The term is also used to refer to any of the family's 54 species. Most kangaroos graze on the Australian plains, but tree kangaroos are arboreal; they climb trees and leap from branch to branch. Kangaroos generally have long, powerful hind legs and feet and a long tail, thickened at the base. The hind legs enable their spectacular leaps and are also useful for self-defense; the tail is used for balance. The head is small, the ears large and rounded, and the fur soft and woolly. Females have one young (called a joey) annually; it is suckled in its mother's pouch for six months and often returns to be carried in the pouch later as well. The gray kangaroo, the best-known and second-largest species, can leap more than 30 ft (9 m). The red kangaroo is the largest species; the male may stand 6 ft (1.8 m) tall and weigh 200 lbs (90 kg). Millions are killed annually for their meat and hides and because they compete with livestock for forage. See also wallaby; wallaroo; They inhabit Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands, They have long and strong hind legs and a large tail, while the fore legs are comparatively short and feeble; Ten Year Australian Bond over Ten year US T-Note spread Kappa Another term for Vega, the sensitivity of an option's theoretical value to a change in volatility of 1% Back to Top; any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful hind legs and a long thick tail; Any one of numerous species of jumping marsupials of the family Macropodidæ; Not sure yet - we'll get back to you on this!; The giant kangaroo (Macropus major) is the largest species, sometimes becoming twelve or fourteen feet in total length; {n} an animal of New-Holland, somewhat resembling the for and opossum; a member of a family of large marsupials with strong hind legs for hopping, mainly found in Australia
kangaroo apple: The fruit of Solanum aviculare or Solanum vescum; the plants bearing such fruit
kangaroo bar: Metal bars at a vehicle's front to protect it during collisions with kangaroos, cattle,
kangaroo court: A judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding, or a group which conducts such proceedings, which is without proper authority, abusive, or otherwise unjust
A military commission trial falling short of the full UCMJ standard is all but certain to be pejoratively judged as a kangaroo court in the court of public opinion.
kangaroo courts: plural form of kangaroo court
kangaroo mice: plural form of kangaroo mouse
kangaroo mouse: One of the two species in the Microdipodops genus native to the deserts of the South-western United States
kangaroo paw: Any of various perennial flowering plants of the family Haemodoraceae, endemic to the south-west of Western Australia
kangaroo paws: plural form of kangaroo paw
kangaroo piss: beer, especially of inferior quality
kangaroo rat: Any of many different species of rodent that moves about by hopping
kangaroo rats: plural form of kangaroo rat
kangaroo route: The air route between the UK and Australia via Asia
kangaroo word: a word that contains letters of another word, in order, with the same meaning
kangaroo words: plural form of kangaroo word
kangaroo-bar: Attributive form of kangaroo bar, noun
kangaroo-piss: Attributive form of kangaroo piss
kangaroo-piss flavour.
kangaroo care: Kangaroo care is a technique practiced on newborn, usually preterm, infants wherein the infant is held, skin-to-skin, with an adult. Kangaroo care for pre-term infants may be restricted to a few hours per day, but if they are medically stable that time may be extended. Some parents may keep their babies in-arms for many hours per day. Kangaroo care, named for the similarity to how certain marsupials carry their young, was initially developed to care for preterm infants in areas where incubators are either unavailable or unreliable
Kangaroo Island: Island (pop., 1996: 4,118), South Australia. Located at the entrance to the Gulf St. Vincent, southwest of Adelaide, Kangaroo Island is 90 mi (145 km) long with an area of 1,680 sq mi (4,350 sq km). Visited in 1802 by the English explorer Matthew Flinders, it was named for its many kangaroos. Nepean Bay was the site of the state's first settlement in 1836
kangaroo apple: Australian annual sometimes cultivated for its racemes of purple flowers and edible yellow egg-shaped fruit
kangaroo care: {i} neonatal care of holding a premature baby on the chest of the parent or caregiver with skin-to-skin contact
kangaroo court: disapproval If you refer to a court or a meeting as a kangaroo court, you disapprove of it because it is unofficial or unfair, and is intended to find someone guilty. an unofficial court that punishes people unfairly
kangaroo court: an irregular unauthorized court
kangaroo court: {i} unauthorized court, court that is not certified
kangaroo mouse: leaping rodent of Australian desert areas small silky-haired pouched rodent; similar to but smaller than kangaroo rats
kangaroo paw: sedgelike spring-flowering herb having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairs; Australia
kangaroo rat: any of various leaping rodents of desert regions of North America and Mexico; largest members of the family Heteromyidae
kangaroo rat: Any of various long-tailed rodents of the genus Dipodomys of arid areas of western North America, with long hind legs adapted for jumping. Any of about 25 species (genus Dipodomys, family Heteromyidae) of rodents that leap about on their hind legs; found in dry regions of North America. They have large heads, large eyes, short forelimbs, long hind limbs, and fur-lined external cheek pouches that open alongside the mouth. They are 4-6.5 in. (10-16 cm) long without the long tail, which usually ends in a furry tuft. They are pale buff to brown above and white below, with a white stripe on each hip. They forage by night for seeds, leaves, and other vegetation, carrying food in their cheek pouches to store in their burrows, but seldom drink water
kangaroo vine: A climbing woody vine (Cissus antarctica) native to Australia, often grown as a houseplant for its glossy green foliage
antilopine kangaroo: Macropus antilopinus, A species of kangaroo, scientific name Macropus antilopinus, found in northern Australia
eastern grey kangaroo: A species of kangaroo, with a distinctive soft grey coat, scientific name Macropus giganteus
kangaroo.: 'roo
rat kangaroo: Any of several small marsupials, of the family Potoroidae, from coastal Australia
red kangaroo: a large kangaroo, Megaleia rufa, found in the desert areas of Australia
tree kangaroo: Any of several Australian macropods, of the genus Dendrolagus, adapted for life in the trees
western grey kangaroo: A species of kangaroo, scientific name Macropus fuliginosis, the largest in the Macropus genus, found in southern Australia
giant kangaroo: very large grayish-brown Australian kangaroo formerly abundant in open wooded areas
jerboa kangaroo: brush-tailed rat kangaroo
kangaroos: Refers to Australian stocks
kangaroos: {i} (Slang) Australian stocks
kangaroos: plural of kangaroo
kangaroos: Australian stocks
musk kangaroo: small kangaroo of northeastern Australia
ord kangaroo rat: most widely distributed kangaroo rat: plains and mountain areas of central and western United States
rat kangaroo: any of several rabbit-sized rat-like Australian kangaroos

kangaroo

Hyphenation

kan·ga·roo

Turkish pronunciation

känggıru

Synonyms

bunny hug, hoodie, kangaroo jacket

Pronunciation

/ˌkaɴɢgərˈo͞o/ /ˌkæŋɡɜrˈuː/

Etymology

[ "ka[ng]-g&-'rü ] (noun.) 1770. From Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru, recorded by James Cook and others in 1770 at Endeavour River; in English, applied to the whole family of macropods, apparently from not realizing the Guugu Yimidhirr word referred to just one species. In 1820 Phillip King visited the area and could not confirm Cook’s record; some then suggested that Cook and Banks had erred. This is apparently the basis for the long-standing myth that Cook is supposed to have asked a native “What is that?” to which the reply “kangaroo”, supposedly meaning “I don’t know”, was given. Though amusing, this is not the case. John Haviland studied Guugu Yimidhirr extensively in 1972, confirming gangurru and concluding King had been told minha.1