kangaroo (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *kangaroo*:
NOUN	animal	kangaroo	any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful hind legs and a long thick tail

kangaroo > pronunciation
Sounds	kae.nggeruw'
Rhymes	Peru

English > *kangaroo*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	Any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful hind legs and a long thick tail.
Member of	Macropodidae, family Macropodidae	kangaroos
Narrower	giant kangaroo, great grey kangaroo, Macropus giganteus	Very large greyish-brown Australian kangaroo formerly abundant in open wooded areas
	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
Spanish	canguro
Catalan	cangur

HyperDic: kangaroo