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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  kangaroo \kan"ga*roo"\, n. [Said to be the native name.]
     (Zo["o]l.)
     Any one of numerous species of jumping marsupials of the
     family Macropodid[ae]. They inhabit Australia, New Guinea,
     and adjacent islands, They have long and strong hind legs and
     a large tail, while the fore legs are comparatively short and
     feeble. The giant kangaroo ({Macropus major) is the largest
     species, sometimes becoming twelve or fourteen feet in total
     length. The tree kangaroos, belonging to the genus
     Dendrolagus, live in trees; the rock kangaroos, of the
     genus Petrogale, inhabit rocky situations; and the brush
     kangaroos, of the genus Halmaturus, inhabit wooded
     districts. See Wallaby.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Kangaroo apple (Bot.), the edible fruit of the Tasmanian
        plant Solanum aviculare.
  
     Kangaroo grass (Bot.), a perennial Australian forage grass
        ({Anthistiria australis).
  
     Kangaroo hare (Zo["o]l.), the jerboa kangaroo. See under
        Jerboa.
  
     Kangaroo mouse. (Zo["o]l.) See Jumping mouse, under
        Jumping.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Kangaroo \Kan"ga*roo"\, n. [Said to be the native name.]
     (Zo["o]l.)
     Any one of numerous species of jumping marsupials of the
     family Macropodid[ae]. They inhabit Australia, New Guinea,
     and adjacent islands, They have long and strong hind legs and
     a large tail, while the fore legs are comparatively short and
     feeble. The giant kangaroo ({Macropus major) is the largest
     species, sometimes becoming twelve or fourteen feet in total
     length. The tree kangaroos, belonging to the genus
     Dendrolagus, live in trees; the rock kangaroos, of the
     genus Petrogale, inhabit rocky situations; and the brush
     kangaroos, of the genus Halmaturus, inhabit wooded
     districts. See Wallaby.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  kangaroo
       n : any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia
           and New Guinea having large powerful hind legs and a long
           thick tail

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  kangaroo
     Αγγλικά n.
     (ετ θηλαστικό en) καγκουρό

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  kangaroo
     Manx n.
     #English

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  kangaroo
     a.
     Of or relating to Australia.
     n.
     A member of the Macropodidae family of large marsupials with strong
  hind legs for hopping, native to Australia. (from 18th c.)
     vb.
     1 To practice kangaroo care on an infant; to hold a premature infant
  against the skin.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To hunt kangaroo.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To move like a kangaroo.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  kangaroo
     a.
     Of or relating to Australia.
     n.
     A member of the Macropodidae family of large marsupials with strong
  hind legs for hopping, native to Australia. (from 18th c.)
     vb.
     1 To practice kangaroo care on an infant; to hold a premature infant
  against the skin.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To hunt kangaroo.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To move like a kangaroo.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  kangaroo
     a.
     Of or relating to Australia.
     n.
     A member of the Macropodidae family of large marsupials with strong
  hind legs for hopping, native to Australia. (from 18th c.)
     vb.
     1 To practice kangaroo care on an infant; to hold a premature infant
  against the skin.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To hunt kangaroo.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To move like a kangaroo.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  kangaroo
     Englanti n.
     kenguru

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  kangaroo
     Engelska n.
     (tagg kat=däggdjur språk=en) känguru

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  kangaroo /kˈaŋɡɐɹˌuː/
  kangeroe

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Kangaroo /kˈaŋɡɐɹˌuː/
  الكنغر

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  kangaroo //kæŋ.ɡə.ˈɹuː// 
  ке́нгуру, кенгуру
  marsupial

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  kangaroo /kˈaŋɡɐɹˌuː/ 
   [bio] klokan (australské zvíře)
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  kangaroo /kˈaŋɡɐɹˌuː/
  Känguru , Känguruh  [alt]  [zool.]
   see: kangaroos, joey
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  kangaroo //kæŋ.ɡə.ˈɹuː// 
  kenguru
  marsupial

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  kangaroo /kˈaŋɡɐɹˌuː/ 
  1. कंगारु
        "We saw kangaroos in Australia."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  kangaroo /kˈaŋɡɐɹˌuː/
  crveni klokan, klokan

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  kangaroo /kˈaŋɡɐɹˌuː/
  kenguru

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  kangaroo //kæŋ.ɡə.ˈɹuː// 
  kanguru
  marsupial

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  kangaroo //kæŋ.ɡə.ˈɹuː// 
  カンガルー
  marsupial

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  kangaroo /kæŋgəruː/
  kangoeroe

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  kangaroo //kæŋ.ɡə.ˈɹuː// 
  kenguru
  marsupial

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  kangaroo /ˌkæŋgəˈru:/ 
    kangur

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  kangaroo /kæŋgəruː/
  canguru

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  kangaroo //kæŋ.ɡə.ˈɹuː// 
  känguru
  marsupial

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  kangaroo /kˈaŋɡɐɹˌuː/
  1. .kanguru kangaroo. court (A.B.D.) kanunların horlandığı ve yanlış uygulandığı usulsüz ve yetkisiz mahkeme. kangaroo rat Avustralya ve Kuzey Ameri ka'da bulunan keseli fare.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˌkæŋɡɝˈu/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  278 Moby Thesaurus words for "kangaroo":
     Angora goat, Arctic fox, Belgian hare, Caffre cat, Indian buffalo,
     Kodiak bear, Virginia deer, aardvark, aardwolf, alpaca, anteater,
     antelope, antelope chipmunk, aoudad, apar, armadillo, ass, aurochs,
     badger, bandicoot, bassarisk, bat, bear, beaver, bettong,
     binturong, bison, black bear, black buck, black cat, black fox,
     black sheep, blue fox, bobcat, broad jumper, brown bear,
     brush deer, brush wolf, bucking bronco, buckjumper, buffalo,
     buffalo wolf, burro, burro deer, cachalot, camel, camelopard,
     capybara, carabao, caribou, carpincho, cat, cat-a-mountain,
     catamount, cattalo, cavy, chamois, cheetah, chevrotain, chinchilla,
     chipmunk, cinnamon bear, coon, coon cat, cotton mouse, cotton rat,
     cougar, cow, coyote, coypu, deer, deer tiger, dingo, dog, donkey,
     dormouse, dromedary, echidna, eland, elephant, elk, ermine, eyra,
     fallow deer, ferret, field mouse, fisher, fitch, flea,
     flying phalanger, foumart, fox, fox squirrel, frog, gazelle,
     gemsbok, genet, giraffe, glutton, gnu, gnu goat, goat,
     goat antelope, gopher, grasshopper, grizzly bear, ground squirrel,
     groundhog, guanaco, guinea pig, hamster, hare, harnessed antelope,
     hartebeest, hedgehog, high jumper, hippopotamus, hog, hopper,
     horse, hurdle racer, hurdler, hyena, hyrax, ibex, jackal, jackass,
     jackrabbit, jaguar, jaguarundi, jerboa, jerboa kangaroo, jumper,
     jumping bean, jumping jack, kaama, kangaroo mouse, kangaroo rat,
     karakul, kinkajou, kit fox, koala, lapin, leaper, lemming, leopard,
     leopard cat, lion, llama, lynx, mammoth, mara, marmot, marten,
     mastodon, meerkat, mink, mole, mongoose, moose, mouflon,
     mountain goat, mountain lion, mountain sheep, mouse, mule,
     mule deer, muntjac, musk deer, musk hog, musk-ox, muskrat,
     musquash, nilgai, nutria, ocelot, okapi, onager, oont, opossum,
     otter, ounce, ox, pack rat, painter, panda, pangolin, panther,
     peccary, peludo, phalanger, pig, pine mouse, platypus,
     pocket gopher, pocket mouse, pocket rat, polar bear, polar fox,
     pole vaulter, polecat, porcupine, possum, pouched rat, poyou,
     prairie dog, prairie wolf, pronghorn, puma, rabbit, raccoon, rat,
     red deer, red squirrel, reindeer, rhinoceros, roe, roe deer,
     roebuck, sable, salmon, serval, sheep, shrew, shrew mole, sika,
     silver fox, skunk, sloth, snowshoe rabbit, springbok, squirrel,
     stag, stoat, sunfisher, suslik, swamp rabbit, swine, takin,
     tamandua, tamarin, tapir, tarpan, tatou, tatou peba, tatouay,
     tiger, tiger cat, timber topper, timber wolf, tree shrew, urus,
     vaulter, vole, wallaby, warthog, water buffalo, waterbuck, weasel,
     wharf rat, whistler, white fox, wild ass, wild boar, wild goat,
     wild ox, wildcat, wildebeest, wolf, wolverine, wombat, wood rat,
     woodchuck, woolly mammoth, yak, zebra, zebu, zoril
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 袋鼠;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 袋鼠

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