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kangaroo
/ˌkæŋ.ɡəˈɹu/
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What does kangaroo mean?
noun
- A member of the Macropodidae family of large marsupials with strong hind legs for hopping, native to Australia and New Guinea.
- A hooded jacket with a front pocket, usually of fleece material, a kangaroo jacket.
verb
- To practice kangaroo care on an infant; to hold a premature infant against the skin.
More meanings (4)
verb
- To hunt kangaroo.
- To move like a kangaroo.
adjective
- Of or relating to Australia.
- Characterized by rapidly jumping prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices are unstable in contrast to bear and bull markets.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌkæŋ.ɡəˈɹu/
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I had had the idea that the kangaroo was about extinct in Tasmania and well thinned out on the continent.
Should they eat the eggs or flesh of kangaroo or piggiebillah, their skins would break out in sores and their limbs wither.
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We continued riding the greater part of the day, but had very bad sport, not seeing a kangaroo, or even a wild dog.
Why is it probable that beer was made in the Ark?--Because the kangaroo went in with hops, and the bear was always bruin.
The tragic woman becomes contented and the comic man becomes responsible, solely as the result of a sea voyage and the first sight of a kangaroo.