Kangaroo
Definition of kangaroo:
part of speech: noun
An Australian quadruped, remarkable for the length of its hindlegs and its power of leaping.
part of speech: noun
An animal peculiar to Australia, having short fore legs, and long, powerful hind legs with which it leaps.
Usage examples for kangaroo:
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It jumps like a grasshopper, bounds like a kangaroo
"The Madman and the Pirate", R.M. Ballantyne. -
The kangaroo did so, and is now become the most difficult animal in the world to catch.
"The Bushman Life in a New Country", Edward Wilson Landor. -
I never seen such a kangaroo
"Kitty's Conquest", Charles King. -
The question is, concluded the Kangaroo who shall I ask to find it?
"Dot and the Kangaroo", Ethel C. Pedley.