kangaroo
English
A kangaroo with a joey.
Etymology
Borrowed from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru (“eastern grey kangaroo”).
Pronunciation
Noun
kangaroo (plural kangaroos)
- 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 […].
- 1770, James Cook, Journal, 4 August 1770 :
- (Canada, attributive) A hooded jacket with a front pocket, usually of fleece material, a kangaroo jacket.
Synonyms
- (Macropodidae): macropod, roo
- (jacket): bunny hug, hoodie, kangaroo jacket
Derived terms
Derived terms
- antelope kangaroo, antilopine kangaroo
- banded kangaroo
- brush kangaroo
- eastern grey kangaroo
- forest kangaroo
- giant kangaroo
- great kangaroo
- hare-kangaroo
- kangaroo apple
- kangaroo ball
- kangaroo bar
- kangaroo bear
- kangaroo-beetle
- kangaroo care
- kangaroo closure
- kangaroo code
- kangaroo court
- Kangaroo Defence, Kangaroo Defense
- kangaroo dog
- kangaroo-fly
- kangaroo-foot plant
- kangaroo grass
- kangaroo hare
- kangaroo-hop
- Kangaroo Hoppet
- kangaroo-hound
- Kangaroo Island
- kangaroo jerboa
- kangaroo justice
- kangaroo meat
- kangaroo mother care, kangaroo mother method
- kangaroo mouse
- kangaroo paw
- kangaroo ship
- kangaroo rat
- kangaroo route
- kangaroo's-foot, kangaroo's-foot plant
- kangaroo-shoot
- kangaroo-shooter
- kangaroo-shooting
- kangaroo skin
- kangaroo-thorn
- kangaroo ticket
- Kangaroo Tour
- kangaroo trial
- kangaroo unicycle
- kangaroo vine
- kangaroo word
- musk kangaroo
- rat-kangaroo
- red kangaroo
- rock kangaroo
- roo
- tree kangaroo
- western grey kangaroo
Translations
marsupial
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hooded jacket with front pocket — see kangaroo jacket
Verb
kangaroo (third-person singular simple present kangaroos, present participle kangarooing, simple past and past participle kangarooed)
- To practice kangaroo care on an infant; to hold a premature infant against the skin.
- To hunt kangaroo.
- 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
Mutation
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| kangaroo | changaroo | gangaroo |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
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