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kangaroo

Syllabification: (kan·ga·roo)
Pronunciation: /ˌkaNGgəˈro͞o/
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Definition of kangaroo

noun

  • a large plant-eating marsupial with a long powerful tail and strongly developed hind limbs that enable it to travel by leaping, found only in Australia and New Guinea.
    • Genus Macropus, family Macropodidae: several species

Origin:

late 18th century: the name of a specific kind of kangaroo in an extinct Aboriginal language of northern Queensland, Australia

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