kangaroo : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: kangaroo	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for kangaroo
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kangaroo n any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful hind legs and a long thick tail
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kangaroo \Kan"garoo"\, n. [Said to be the native name.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of jumping marsupials of the family {Macropodid[91]}. They inhabit Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands, They have long and strong hind legs and a large tail, while the fore legs are comparatively short and feeble. The giant kangaroo* ({Macropus major}) is the largest species, sometimes becoming twelve or fourteen feet in total length. The tree kangaroos, belonging to the genus {Dendrolagus}, live in trees; the rock kangaroos, of the genus {Petrogale}, inhabit rocky situations; and the brush kangaroos, of the genus {Halmaturus}, inhabit wooded districts. See {Wallaby}.