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kanguru

kanguru is the obsolete form of kangaroo.

Meaning of kangaroo

Noun

kangaroo (plural kangaroos)

  1. A member of the Macropodidae family of large marsupials with strong hind legs for hopping, native to Australia and New Guinea.
    • Besides the Animals which I have before mentioned, called by the Natives Kangooroo, or Kanguru […].1770 August 4, James Cook, Journal
    Synonyms:
    macropod, roo
  2. (Canada, attributive) A hooded jacket with a front pocket, usually of fleece material, a kangaroo jacket.

See all 7 meanings of kangaroo

Forms of kanguru

pluralkangurus

Questions about kanguru

What is kanguru the obsolete form of?
Kanguru is the obsolete form of kangaroo.

Words near kanguru in the dictionary

  1. Kangshung Face
  2. Kangting
  3. Kangujam
  4. kanguroo
  5. kanguroos
  6. kanguru
  7. kangurus
  8. KaNgwane
  9. Kangwon
  10. Kangwŏn
  11. Kangxi

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kanguru (page history and authors); kangaroo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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