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kangaroo
noun
kan·ga·roo
ˌkaŋ-gə-ˈrü 
plural kangaroos
: 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
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Grace cuddled a baby kangaroo that rested in a blanket on her lap in the sweet photo.
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Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 31 Mar. 2024
There is a famous Beverly Hillbillies episode where there’s a kangaroo that fights Granny.
—EW.com, 15 Feb. 2024
The kangaroo had escaped while being transferred between zoos and was spotted hopping down the side of a highway by bewildered motorists who then shared videos on social media.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2023
Why not jackrabbits, horses, giant toads or kangaroos?
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 24 Mar. 2024
In the social science category, the runner-up behind the kangaroos was a video on the invasive browntail moth in Maine.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Feb. 2024
The sheriff's office added that its agriculture unit reunited the kangaroo with its owner after its proper registration was established and verified.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 9 Feb. 2024
The Scuba Oversized Half-Zip Hoodie has a quarter-inch zipper and a kangaroo pocket.
—Nicol Natale, Peoplemag, 15 Feb. 2024
In the footage, the elusive kangaroo is seen hopping around the apartment complex's pool deck.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 9 Feb. 2024
Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 31 Mar. 2024
There is a famous Beverly Hillbillies episode where there’s a kangaroo that fights Granny.
—EW.com, 15 Feb. 2024
The kangaroo had escaped while being transferred between zoos and was spotted hopping down the side of a highway by bewildered motorists who then shared videos on social media.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2023
Why not jackrabbits, horses, giant toads or kangaroos?
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 24 Mar. 2024
In the social science category, the runner-up behind the kangaroos was a video on the invasive browntail moth in Maine.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Feb. 2024
The sheriff's office added that its agriculture unit reunited the kangaroo with its owner after its proper registration was established and verified.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 9 Feb. 2024
The Scuba Oversized Half-Zip Hoodie has a quarter-inch zipper and a kangaroo pocket.
—Nicol Natale, Peoplemag, 15 Feb. 2024
In the footage, the elusive kangaroo is seen hopping around the apartment complex's pool deck.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 9 Feb. 2024
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kangaroo
noun
kan·ga·roo
ˌkaŋ-gə-ˈrü
plural kangaroos
: any of numerous leaping marsupial mammals of Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands that feed on plants and have a small head, long powerful hind legs, a long thick tail used as a support in standing or walking, and in the female a pouch on the abdomen in which the young are carried
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