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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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Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 24 July 2025
Several users turned the close-up of the cute, confused-looking kangaroo into a meme, seemingly without noticing that the animal was fully AI-generated.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
South Carolina is one of only three states where owning a kangaroo is not prohibited, according to Myrtle Beach Sun News.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 May 2025
Brunson's video showed the drugged kangaroo being carried to a vehicle to be returned to its home.
—CBS News, 30 Apr. 2025
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“Kangaroo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kangaroo. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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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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