Main Entry: kan·ga·roo
Pronunciation: \ˌkaŋ-gə-ˈrü\
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural kan·ga·roos
Etymology: Guugu Yimidhirr (Australian aboriginal language of northern Queensland) gaŋurru
Date: 1770
: any of various herbivorous leaping marsupial mammals (family Macropodidae) of Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands with a small head, large ears, long powerful hind legs, a long thick tail used as a support and in balancing, and rather small forelegs not used in locomotion
