Meaning | Any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful hind legs and a long thick tail. |
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Member of | Macropodidae, family Macropodidae | kangaroos |
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Narrower | giant kangaroo, great grey kangaroo, Macropus giganteus | Very large greyish-brown Australian kangaroo formerly abundant in open wooded areas |
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musk kangaroo, Hypsiprymnodon moschatus | small kangaroo of northeastern Australia |
rat kangaroo, kangaroo rat | Any of several rabbit-sized ratlike Australian kangaroos |
wallaby, brush kangaroo | Any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos |
Broader | marsupial, pouched mammal | mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried |
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Spanish | canguro |
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Catalan | cangur |
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