Kangaroo

Noun

 * 1) A member of a family of large marsupials with strong hind legs for hopping, mainly found in Australia, scientific name macropod.
 * 2)  A hooded jacket with a front pocket, usually of fleece material, a kangaroo jacket.

Verbs for Kangaroo
—balances; —carries; —expels; —fights; — gnashes; —hops; —jumps; —pouches; — races; —nibbles.

Thesaurus
Angora goat, Arctic fox, Belgian hare, Caffre cat, Indian buffalo, Kodiak bear, Virginia deer, aardvark, aardwolf, alpaca, anteater, antelope, antelope chipmunk, aoudad, apar, armadillo, ass, aurochs, badger, bandicoot, bassarisk, bat, bear, beaver, bettong, binturong, bison, black bear, black buck, black cat, black fox, black sheep, blue fox, bobcat, broad jumper, brown bear, brush deer, brush wolf, bucking bronco, buckjumper, buffalo, buffalo wolf, burro, burro deer, cachalot, camel, camelopard, capybara, carabao, caribou, carpincho, cat, cat-a-mountain, catamount, cattalo, cavy, chamois, cheetah, chevrotain, chinchilla, chipmunk, cinnamon bear, coon, coon cat, cotton mouse, cotton rat, cougar, cow, coyote, coypu, deer, deer tiger, dingo, dog, donkey, dormouse, dromedary, echidna, eland, elephant, elk, ermine, eyra, fallow deer, ferret, field mouse, fisher, fitch, flea, flying phalanger, foumart, fox, fox squirrel, frog, gazelle, gemsbok, genet, giraffe, glutton, gnu, gnu goat, goat, goat antelope, gopher, grasshopper, grizzly bear, ground squirrel, groundhog, guanaco, guinea pig, hamster, hare, harnessed antelope, hartebeest, hedgehog, high jumper, hippopotamus, hog, hopper, horse, hurdle racer, hurdler, hyena, hyrax, ibex, jackal, jackass, jackrabbit, jaguar, jaguarundi, jerboa, jerboa kangaroo, jumper, jumping bean, jumping jack, kaama, kangaroo mouse, kangaroo rat, karakul, kinkajou, kit fox, koala, lapin, leaper, lemming, leopard, leopard cat, lion, llama, lynx, mammoth, mara, marmot, marten, mastodon, meerkat, mink, mole, mongoose, moose, mouflon, mountain goat, mountain lion, mountain sheep, mouse, mule, mule deer, muntjac, musk deer, musk hog, musk-ox, muskrat, musquash, nilgai, nutria, ocelot, okapi, onager, oont, opossum, otter, ounce, ox, pack rat, painter, panda, pangolin, panther, peccary, peludo, phalanger, pig, pine mouse, platypus, pocket gopher, pocket mouse, pocket rat, polar bear, polar fox, pole vaulter, polecat, porcupine, possum, pouched rat, poyou, prairie dog, prairie wolf, pronghorn, puma, rabbit, raccoon, rat, red deer, red squirrel, reindeer, rhinoceros, roe, roe deer, roebuck, sable, salmon, serval, sheep, shrew, shrew mole, sika, silver fox, skunk, sloth, snowshoe rabbit, springbok, squirrel, stag, stoat, sunfisher, suslik, swamp rabbit, swine, takin, tamandua, tamarin, tapir, tarpan, tatou, tatou peba, tatouay, tiger, tiger cat, timber topper, timber wolf, tree shrew, urus, vaulter, vole, wallaby, warthog, water buffalo, waterbuck, weasel, wharf rat, whistler, white fox, wild ass, wild boar, wild goat, wild ox, wildcat, wildebeest, wolf, wolverine, wombat, wood rat, woodchuck, woolly mammoth, yak, zebra, zebu, zoril

Etymology
From 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

Pronunciation

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Synonyms

 * bunny hug, hoodie, kangaroo jacket

Derived terms

 * antelope kangaroo, antilopine kangaroo
 * banded kangaroo
 * brush kangaroo
 * eastern grey kangaroo
 * forest kangaroo
 * giant kangaroo
 * great kangaroo
 * hare-kangaroo
 * kangaroo apple
 * kangaroo ball
 * kangaroo bar
 * kangaroo bear
 * kangaroo-beetle
 * kangaroo care
 * kangaroo closure
 * kangaroo code
 * kangaroo court
 * Kangaroo Defence, Kangaroo Defense
 * kangaroo-dog
 * kangaroo-fly
 * kangaroo-foot plant
 * kangaroo grass
 * kangaroo hare
 * kangaroo-hop
 * Kangaroo Hoppet
 * kangaroo-hound
 * Kangaroo Island


 * kangaroo jerboa
 * kangaroo justice
 * kangaroo mother care, kangaroo mother method
 * kangaroo mouse
 * kangaroo paw
 * kangaroo ship
 * kangaroo rat
 * kangaroo route
 * kangaroo's-foot, kangaroo's-foot plant
 * kangaroo-shoot
 * kangaroo-shooter
 * kangaroo-shooting
 * kangaroo skin
 * kangaroo-thorn
 * Kangaroo Tour
 * kangaroo trial
 * kangaroo unicycle
 * kangaroo vine
 * kangaroo word
 * musk kangaroo
 * rat-kangaroo
 * red kangaroo
 * rock kangaroo
 * roo
 * tree kangaroo
 * western grey kangaroo

Descendants

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Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: كنغر
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 * Croatian:, klokanica
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 * Ido: kanguruo
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: kanguru
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 * Korean:
 * Latin: halmaturus
 * Lithuanian: kengūra
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 * Persian: کانگورو
 * Polish: kangur, kangurzyca
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, cangură
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: cangaru
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 * Roman: kengur
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 * Volapük: kangur,  hikangur,  jikangur,  kangurül,  hikangurül,  jikangurül
 * West Frisian: kangoeroe