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kangaroo British & World English

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

kangaroo in kangaroo British & World English

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

grey kangaroo British & World English

a large forest-dwelling kangaroo native to Australia

kangaroo care British & World English

a method of caring for a premature baby in which the infant is held in skin-to-skin contact with a parent, typically the mother, for as long as possible each day

kangaroo paw British & World English

an Australian plant which has long strap-like leaves and tubular flowers with woolly outer surfaces

kangaroo rat British & World English

a seed-eating hopping rodent with large cheek pouches and long hind legs, found from Canada to Mexico

kangaroo vine British & World English

an Australian evergreen climbing plant of the vine family, grown as a houseplant

rat-kangaroo British & World English

a small rat-like Australian marsupial with long hindlimbs used for hopping

red kangaroo British & World English

a large kangaroo of Australian grasslands, the male of which has a russet-red coat and the female (also called blue flyer) typically a blue-grey coat

tree kangaroo British & World English

an agile tree-climbing kangaroo with a long furred tail, and fore- and hindlimbs that are of almost equal length, found in the rainforests of Queensland and New Guinea

kangaroo court British & World English

an unofficial court held by a group of people in order to try someone regarded, especially without good evidence, as guilty of a crime or misdemeanour

kangaroo grass British & World English

a fodder grass which grows in very tall tussocks

kangaroo mouse British & World English

a small seed-eating hopping rodent with large cheek pouches and long hind legs, found in North America

kangaroo English-French

kangourou m

kangaroo English-German

Känguru

kangaroo English-Italian

canguro m