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Plural of kangaroo

regular plural

The plural of kangaroo is kangaroos.

Forms of kangaroo

Singularkangaroo /ˌkæːŋ.ɡəˈɹʉː/
Pluralkangaroos
Countablecountable

Kangaroos in a sentence

  • Kangaroos are known for their ability to jump high.From the entry jump
  • Kangaroos are well suited for kangatarians, who are seriously concerned about the environment and ethics.2017 July 7, Bernie Ascher, “Going Bananas over Chess”, in Everything is Chess, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, published 2018, →ISBN…. From the entry kangatarian
  • Kangaroos and their relatives that live in the rainforest include pademelons, wallabies, and tree kangaroos.2008, Barbara A. Holzman, Tropical Forest Biomes, page 122. From the entry pademelon
  • Kangaroos on the other hand become even more sooky (needy for attention), when denied time outside.2006, Lynda Staker, The Complete Guide to the Care of Macropods, page 189. From the entry sooky
  • Australia’s states and territories oversee management of kangaroos and wallabies but the federal government is involved in exports.2015 September 14, Oliver Milman, “California set to ban kangaroo imports despite lobbying efforts by Australia”, in The Guardian…. From the entry wallaby

Meaning of kangaroo

  1. noun A member of the Macropodidae family of large marsupials with strong hind legs for hopping, native to Australia and New Guinea.
  2. noun A hooded jacket with a front pocket, usually of fleece material, a kangaroo jacket.
  3. verb To practice kangaroo care on an infant; to hold a premature infant against the skin.

Full definition of kangaroo

Questions about the plural of kangaroo

What is the plural of kangaroo?
The plural of kangaroo is kangaroos.
Is kangaroo countable?
Kangaroo is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kangaroo (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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