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kangaroo
noun
kan·ga·roo
ˌkaŋ-gə-ˈrü 
plural kangaroos
: 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
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His designs are an imaginative feast, with a giraffe standing on stilts, a kangaroo bouncing on a pogo stick, and frogs reenacting Homeric battles.
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Lilian Raji, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
The then 36-year-old breakdancer became the indisputable sensation of Paris 2024 with a memorably quirky routine that included an all-too-brief imitation of a kangaroo.
—Rebecca Messina, The Week Uk, theweek, 30 Dec. 2024
During his travels, the professional cyclist has braved brutal headwinds, extreme temperatures, dangerous traffic and even dusted himself off after a run-in with a kangaroo.
—George Ramsay, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
For decades, Doug and his wife Jane have run an animal shelter, rescuing orphaned kangaroos, wallabies and wombats.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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Lilian Raji, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
The then 36-year-old breakdancer became the indisputable sensation of Paris 2024 with a memorably quirky routine that included an all-too-brief imitation of a kangaroo.
—Rebecca Messina, The Week Uk, theweek, 30 Dec. 2024
During his travels, the professional cyclist has braved brutal headwinds, extreme temperatures, dangerous traffic and even dusted himself off after a run-in with a kangaroo.
—George Ramsay, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
For decades, Doug and his wife Jane have run an animal shelter, rescuing orphaned kangaroos, wallabies and wombats.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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kangaroo
noun
kan·ga·roo
ˌkaŋ-gə-ˈrü
plural kangaroos
: any of numerous leaping marsupial mammals of Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands that feed on plants and have a small head, long powerful hind legs, a long thick tail used as a support in standing or walking, and in the female a pouch on the abdomen in which the young are carried
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