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kangaroo
Part of speech: NounAn animal peculiar to Australia, having short fore legs, and long, powerful hind legs with which it leaps.
Usage examples "kangaroo":- Some spears were found pointed with sharp pieces of flint, fastened on with kangaroo sinews, and the gum of the Xanthorea, or grass- tree. - "The Overland Expedition of The Messrs. Jardine", Frank Jardine and Alexander Jardine.
- Australia is such a beautiful country the life of a kangaroo is full of danger. - "Rataplan", Ellen Velvin.
- I felt as if he were leaping up the slope, kangaroo fashion, on his hind- legs. - "Six Months at the Cape", R.M. Ballantyne.