kangaroo

Definition

  • noun: an Australian animal that moves by hopping on its powerful rear legs
  • noun: any of various herbivorous leaping marsupial mammals (family Macropodidae) of Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands with a small head, large ears, long powerful hind legs, a long thick tail used as a support and in balancing, and rather small forelegs not used in locomotion
  • synonyms: hoodie, bunny hug, kangaroo jacket

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  • (..) One of the sailors pointed at the animals that hop around and put their babies in their pouch, and he asked what they were. And the Aborigines said "kangaroo". And your point is? It wasn't till later that they learned that kangaroo means, "I don't understand". So... I need this so that we don't (..)
    2016 Arrival
  • (..) room full of men, whose first and last question is, 'how can this be used against us?' So you're gonna have to give me more than that. Kangaroo. What is that? In , Captain James Cook's ship ran aground off the coast of Australia and he led a party into the country, (..)
    2016 Arrival