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Definition of blue flyer in English: blue flyernoun Australian A female red kangaroo. Example sentencesExamples - As we rode along the track, we saw red kangaroos, including the females which are called blue flyers.
- Both, he explained, were red kangaroos but one in five are born grey coloured, known as 'blue flyers'.
- Cape Range wildlife abounds with red kangaroos and blue flyers, emus, bungerras, bustards and unique wildflowers.
- Females, sometimes called blue flyers, are bluish gray and are smaller and faster than the males, reaching speeds of up to 30 miles per hour (48 kilometers per hour).
- Males are usually twice the size of females and are red in colour, the females tend to be a blue/grey and are nicknamed blue flyers.
Origin Mid 19th century: blue, because the female has blue-grey fur. |