kangaroo

English
A kangaroo with a joey.

Etymology

Borrowed from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru (“eastern grey kangaroo”).

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /kaŋ.ɡəˈɹuː/
  • (US) enPR: kăng-gə-ro͞o', IPA(key): /ˌkæŋ.ɡəˈɹu/
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Noun

kangaroo (plural kangaroos)

  1. A member of the Macropodidae family of large marsupials with strong hind legs for hopping, native to Australia. [from 18th c.]
    • 1770, James Cook, Journal, 4 August 1770 :
      Besides the Animals which I have before mentioned, called by the Natives Kangooroo, or Kanguru […].
    • 1814, Matthew Flinders, A Voyage to Terra Australis:
      In the woods are the kanguroo, the emu or cassowary, paroquets, and a variety of small birds […].
  2. (Canada, attributive) A hooded jacket with a front pocket, usually of fleece material, a kangaroo jacket.

Synonyms

Derived terms
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Translations
hooded jacket with front pocket — see kangaroo jacket

See also

Verb

kangaroo (third-person singular simple present kangaroos, present participle kangarooing, simple past and past participle kangarooed)

  1. To practice kangaroo care on an infant; to hold a premature infant against the skin.
  2. To hunt kangaroo.
  3. To move like a kangaroo

Derived terms
  • kangaroo hop

References
  • R. M. W. Dixon, Australian Aboriginal Words, Oxford University Press, 1990, →ISBN
  • “kangaroo” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.

Manx

Etymology

Borrowed from English kangaroo.

Noun

kangaroo m (genitive singular kangaroo, plural kangarooghyn)

  1. kangaroo

Mutation
Manx mutation
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kangaroochangaroogangaroo
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possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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