kangaroo
(kæŋgəruː )
Word forms: kangaroos
countable noun B1+
A kangaroo is a large Australian animal which moves by jumping on its back legs. Female kangaroos carry their babies in a pouch on their stomach.
Kangaroos in large numbers can also destroy vegetation.
Image of kangaroo
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Translations:
Chinese: 袋鼠
Japanese: カンガルー
- ripple of excitement
- rip-roaring
- rip sb to shreds
- rip the roof off
- riptide
- rip-tide
- rip up
- rise
- rise above
- rise accordingly
- rise back from the dead
- rise/come back from the dead
- rise fast
- rise gradually
- risen
- riser
- rise/raise sb from the dead
- riser pipe
- rise sb from the dead
- rise sharply
- rise significantly
- rise slightly
- rise slowly
- rise steadily
- rise steeply