kangaroo
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
kangaroo/kaŋɡəˈruː/
▶noun a large plant-eating marsupial with a long powerful tail and strong hindlimbs that enable it to travel by leaping, found only in Australia and New Guinea. [Genus Macropus: several species.]
– origin C18: the name of a specific kind of kangaroo in an extinct Aborig. lang.
'kangaroo' also found in these Oxford entries:
bettong
- boomer
- doe
- jackaroo
- joey
- kangaroo court
- kangaroo mouse
- kangaroo paw
- kangaroo rat
- kangaroo vine
- potoroo
- rat-kangaroo
- roo
- wallaby
- wallaroo
