kangaroo
nounEtymology
Borrowed from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru (“eastern grey kangaroo”). Despite a popular misconception, the Guugu Yimidhirr term does not mean "I don't know".
- borrowed from gangurru
Definitions
A member of the Macropodidae family of large marsupials with strong hind legs for…
A member of the Macropodidae family of large marsupials with strong hind legs for hopping, native to Australia and New Guinea.
- Besides the Animals which I have before mentioned, called by the Natives Kangooroo, or Kanguru […].
- In the woods are the kanguroo, the emu or cassowary, paroquets, and a variety of small birds […].
A hooded jacket with a front pocket, usually of fleece material, a kangaroo jacket.
To practice kangaroo care on an infant
To practice kangaroo care on an infant; to hold a premature infant against the skin.
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To hunt kangaroo.
To move like a kangaroo.
Of or relating to Australia.
- Non-resident. bonds. Bonds issued in the Australian market by non-resident entities are known as kangaroo bonds. Figure 8.6 shows that kangaroo bonds represent approximately one-third of non-government bonds outstanding, making them ...
Characterized by rapidly jumping prices in securities markets or by belief that the…
Characterized by rapidly jumping prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices are unstable in contrast to bear and bull markets.
The neighborhood
- neighborjoey
- neighbormarsupial
- neighborwallaby
- neighborwallaroo
- neighborantelope kangaroo
- neighborantilopine kangaroo
- neighborbanded kangaroo
- neighborboxing kangaroo
- neighborbrush kangaroo
- neighboreastern gray kangaroo
- neighboreastern grey kangaroo
- neighborgiant kangaroo
Derived
a kangaroo loose in the top paddock, anti-kangaroo, Australian as a kangaroo, eccentric kangaroo unicycle, fangaroo, forest kangaroo, jerboa kangaroo, kangaroo acacia, kangaroo apple, kangaroo ball, kangaroo-bar, kangaroo bar, kangaroo bear, kangaroo-beetle, kangaroo beetle, Kangaroobie, kangarooburger, kangaroo camp, kangaroo care, kangaroo closure, kangaroo code, kangaroo court, Kangaroo Creek, Kangaroo Defence, Kangaroo Defense, kangaroo dog, kangarooer, Kangaroo Flat, kangaroo-fly, kangaroo-foot plant, kangaroo fucker, kangaroo grass, Kangaroo Ground, Kangaroo Gully, kangaroo hare, Kangaroo Head, kangaroo-hop, kangaroo hop, kangaroo-hound, Kangaroo Inn · +45 more
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for kangaroo. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA