kangaroo : Idioms & Phrases

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brush kangaroo

  • noun any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos; often brightly colored
    wallaby.
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giant kangaroo

  • noun very large greyish-brown Australian kangaroo formerly abundant in open wooded areas
    Macropus giganteus; giant kangaroo.
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great grey kangaroo

  • noun very large greyish-brown Australian kangaroo formerly abundant in open wooded areas
    Macropus giganteus; giant kangaroo.
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Hare kangaroo

  • (Zoöl.). , a small Australian kangaroo (Lagorchestes Leporoides), resembling the hare in size and color,
Webster 1913

Jerboa kangaroo

  • noun brush-tailed rat kangaroo
    jerboa kangaroo.
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  • (Zoöl.), small Australian kangaroo (Bettongia penicillata), about the size of a common hare.
Webster 1913

Kangaroo apple

  • noun Australian annual sometimes cultivated for its racemes of purple flowers and edible yellow egg-shaped fruit
    poroporo; Solanum aviculare.
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  • (Bot.), the edible fruit of the Tasmanian plant Solanum aviculare.
Webster 1913

kangaroo bear

  • noun sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with grey furry ears and coat; feeds on eucalyptus leaves and bark
    Phascolarctos cinereus; koala; koala bear; native bear.
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kangaroo court

  • noun an irregular unauthorized court
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Kangaroo grass

  • (Bot.), a perennial Australian forage grass (Anthistiria australis).
Webster 1913

Kangaroo hare

  • noun small Australian wallaby that resembles a hare and has persistent teeth
    hare wallaby.
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  • (Zoöl.), the jerboa kangaroo. See under Jerboa.
Webster 1913

kangaroo jerboa

  • noun brush-tailed rat kangaroo
    jerboa kangaroo.
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Kangaroo mouse

  • noun small silky-haired pouched rodent; similar to but smaller than kangaroo rats
    dwarf pocket rat.
  • noun leaping rodent of Australian desert areas
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  • . (Zoöl.) See Jumping mouse, under Jumping.
Webster 1913

kangaroo paw

  • noun sedgelike spring-flowering herb having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairs; Australia
    kangaroo's-foot; kangaroo paw; Anigozanthus manglesii; kangaroo's paw; Australian sword lily.
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Kangaroo rat

  • noun any of various leaping rodents of desert regions of North America and Mexico; largest members of the family Heteromyidae
    Dipodomys phillipsii; desert rat.
  • noun any of several rabbit-sized ratlike Australian kangaroos
    kangaroo rat.
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  • (Zoöl.), the potoroo.
Webster 1913

kangaroo's paw

  • noun sedgelike spring-flowering herb having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairs; Australia
    kangaroo's-foot; kangaroo paw; Anigozanthus manglesii; kangaroo's paw; Australian sword lily.
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kangaroo's-foot

  • noun sedgelike spring-flowering herb having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairs; Australia
    kangaroo's-foot; kangaroo paw; Anigozanthus manglesii; kangaroo's paw; Australian sword lily.
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kangaroo-foot plant

  • noun sedgelike spring-flowering herb having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairs; Australia
    kangaroo's-foot; kangaroo paw; Anigozanthus manglesii; kangaroo's paw; Australian sword lily.
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musk kangaroo

  • noun small kangaroo of northeastern Australia
    Hypsiprymnodon moschatus.
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nail-tailed kangaroo

  • noun small wallabies with a horny nail on the tip of the tail
    nail-tailed wallaby.
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ord kangaroo rat

  • noun most widely distributed kangaroo rat: plains and mountain areas of central and western United States
    Dipodomys ordi.
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rat kangaroo

  • noun any of several rabbit-sized ratlike Australian kangaroos
    kangaroo rat.
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Rock kangaroo

  • noun slender long-legged Australian wallabies living in caves and rocky areas
    rock wallaby.
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  • . (Zoöl.) See Kangaroo, and Petrogale.
Webster 1913

Tree kangaroo

  • noun arboreal wallabies of New Guinea and northern Australia having hind and forelegs of similar length
    tree wallaby.
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  • . (Zoöl.) See Kangaroo.
Webster 1913