Kangaroo

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• kangaroo

  n. 1) an aboriginal word.See marsupial. (a) The Origin of the Name. The name was first obtained in...

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• banded-kangaroo

  i.q. Banded-Wallaby. See lagostrophus and wallaby. ...

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• brush-kangaroo

  n. another name for the wallaby (q.v.). 1802. G. Barrington, `History of New South Wales,' c. viii...

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• dorca-kangaroo

  n. See dorcopsis and kangaroo. ...

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• hare-kangaroo

  n. a small Kangaroo, resemblingthe British hare. Called also Hare-Wallaby. Thescientific name is La...

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• kangaroo-apple

  n. an Australian and Tasmanianfruit, Solanum aviculare, Forst., N.O.Solanaceae. The name is also ap...

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• kangaroo-dog

  n. a large dog, lurcher,deerhound, or greyhound, used for hunting the Kangaroo. 1806. `History of ...

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• kangaroo-fly

  n. a small Australian fly, Cabarus. See quotations. 1833. C. Sturt, `Southern Australia,' vol. I. ...

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• kangaroo-grass

  n. a name given to severalspecies of grasses of the genera Anthistiria and Andropogon, chiefly from...

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• kangaroo-hop

  n. a peculiar affected gait. See quotation. 1875. `Spectator' (Melbourne), May 22, p. 27, col. 2: ...

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• kangaroo-hound

  n. i.q. kangaroo-dog (q.v.). 1865. Lady Barker, `Station Life in New Zealand,' p. 28: «A large do...

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• kangaroo-mouse

  n. more strictly called the Pouched-Mouse (q.v.). 1888. D. Macdonald, `Gum Boughs,' p. 256: «It i...

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• kangaroo-net

  n. net made by the natives tocatch the kangaroo. 1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. 45...

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• rat-kangaroo

  See kangaroo-rat ...

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• kangaroo-rat

  or Rat-Kangaroo n. the name applied to species of Marsupials belonging to thefollowing genera, viz...

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• kangaroo-skin

  n. either the leather for thetanned hide, or the complete fur for rugs and wraps. 1806. `History o...

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• kangaroo-thorn

  n. an indigenous hedge-plant, Acacia armata, R. Br., N.O. Leguminosae; calledalso Kangaroo Acacia. ...

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• musk-kangaroo

  n. See hypsiprymnodonand kangaroo. ...

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• tree-kangaroo

  called Boongary (q.v.)by the aboriginals. See Dendrolagus and Kangaroo. ...

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• kangaroo-tail soup

  n. soup made from thekangaroo-tail. 1820. W. C. Wentworth, `Description of New South Wales,'p. 58:...

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