kangaroo
A member of the Macropodidae family of large marsupials with strong hind legs for hopping, native to Australia and New Guinea.
Other meanings
A hooded jacket with a front pocket, usually of fleece material, a kangaroo jacket.
A kind of
- marsupial
Kinds of kangaroo
- giant kangaroo
- brush kangaroo
- musk kangaroo
Related words
- kangaroo beetle
- Olyroos
- fangaroo
- kangarooburger
- kangarooer
- kangarooish
- kangaroolike
- Socceroo
- kangaroo acacia
- anti-kangaroo
- kangaroo tick
- Australian as a kangaroo
Example sentences
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “kangaroo” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.