Noun: kangaroo
| Singular | kangaroo |
| Plural | kangaroos |
Sample Sentences
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Besides the Animals which I have before mentioned, called by the Natives Kangooroo, or Kanguru […]. [1770 August 4, James Cook, Journal:]
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In the woods are the kanguroo, the emu or cassowary, paroquets, and a variety of small birds […]. [1814, Matthew Flinders, A Voyage to Terra Australis:]
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A lobbying effort by the Australian government to continue the trade of kangaroo skins and meat to California has failed, with the US state set to impose a ban on the import of the animal. […] Australia’s states and territories oversee management of kangaroos and wallabies but the federal government is involved in exports. [2015 September 14, Oliver Milman, “California set to ban kangaroo imports despite lobbying efforts by Australia”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 12 Mar 2021:]
Nouns inflected like kangaroo
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru (“eastern grey kangaroo”). Despite a popular misconception, the Guugu Yimidhirr term does not mean "I don't know".
Verbs referencing "kangaroo"
French Nouns
kangourou, Finnish Nouns
kenguru, Hungarian Nouns
kenguru, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns
kenguru, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
kenguru, Swedish Nouns
känguru, Dutch Nouns
kangoeroe, Polish Nouns
kangur, Bulgarian Nouns
кенгуру, Danish Nouns
kænguru, Catalan Nouns
cangur, Irish Nouns
cangarú, Zulu Nouns
ikhangaru.