English-Thai Dictionary

kangaroo

N จิงโจ้  สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยนม มี กระเป๋า หน้าท้อง  jing-jo

 

kangaroorat

N หนู พวก  Dipodomys phillipsii

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

KANGAROO

n.A singular animal found in New Holland, resembling in some respects the opossum. It belongs to the genus Didelphis. It has a small head, neck and shoulders, the body increasing in thickness to the rump. The fore legs are very short, useless in walking, but used for digging or bringing food to the mouth. The hind legs, which are long, are used in moving, particularly in leaping.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

KANGAROO

Kan "ga *roo ", n. Etym: [Said to be the native name. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Any one of numerous species of jumping marsupials of the family Macropodidæ. They inhabit Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands, They have long and strong hind legs and a large tail, while the fore legs are comparatively short and feeble. The giant kangaroo (Macropus major ) is the largest species, sometimes becoming twelve or fourteen feet in total length. The tree kangaroos, belonging to the genus Dendrolagus, live in trees; the rock kangaroos, of the genus Petrogale, inhabit rocky situations; and the brush kangaroos, of the genus Halmaturus, inhabit wooded districts. See Wallaby.

 

Kangaroo apple (Bot. ), the edible fruit of the Tasmanian plant Solanum aviculare. -- Kangaroo grass (Bot. ), a perennial Australian forage grass (Anthistiria australis ). -- Kangaroo hare (Zoöl.), the jerboa kangaroo. See under Jerboa. -- Kangaroo mouse. (Zoöl.) See Jumping mouse, under Jumping. -- Kangaroo rat (Zoöl.), the potoroo.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

kangaroo

kan ga roo |ˌkaNGgəˈro͞o ˈˌkæŋɡəˈru | ▶noun a large plant-eating marsupial with a long powerful tail and strongly developed hind limbs that enable it to travel by leaping, found only in Australia and New Guinea. [Genus Macropus, family Macropodidae: several species. ] ORIGIN late 18th cent.: the name of a specific kind of kangaroo in an extinct Aboriginal language of northern Queensland, Australia.

 

kangaroo care

kan ga roo care ▶noun a method of caring for premature babies in which the infants are held skin-to-skin with a parent, usually the mother, for as many hours as possible every day.

 

kangaroo court

kan ga roo court |ˈˌkæŋɡəˈru ˌkɔrt | ▶noun an unofficial court held by a group of people in order to try someone regarded, esp. without good evidence, as guilty of a crime or misdemeanor.

 

kangaroo grass

kan ¦ga |roo grass ▶noun [ mass noun ] a fodder grass which grows in very tall tussocks. ●Genus Themeda, family Gramineae: several species, in particular T. australis.

 

kangaroo mouse

kan ¦ga |roo mouse ▶noun a small seed-eating hopping rodent with large cheek pouches and long hind legs, found in North America. ●Genus Microdipodops, family Heteromyidae: two species.

 

kangaroo paw

kan ga roo paw ▶noun an Australian plant that has long straplike leaves and tubular flowers with woolly outer surfaces. [Genera Anigozanthos and Macropidia, family Haemodoraceae: several species, in particular Mangles' kangaroo paw (A. manglesii ), which is the floral emblem of Western Australia. ]

 

kangaroo rat

kan ga roo rat ▶noun a seed-eating hopping rodent with large cheek pouches and long hind legs, found from Canada to Mexico. [Genus Dipodomys, family Heteromyidae: several species. ]

 

kangaroo vine

kan ¦ga |roo vine ▶noun an Australian evergreen climbing plant of the vine family, grown as a houseplant. ●Cissus antarctica, family Vitaceae.

 

Oxford Dictionary

kangaroo

kan ¦ga |roo |ˌkaŋgəˈruː | ▶noun a large plant-eating marsupial with a long powerful tail and strongly developed hindlimbs that enable it to travel by leaping, found only in Australia and New Guinea. ●Genus Macropus, family Macropodidae: several species. PHRASES have kangaroos in the (or one's ) top paddock Austral. informal be mad or eccentric. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: the name of a specific kind of kangaroo in an extinct Aboriginal language of North Queensland.

 

kangaroo care

kan ¦ga |roo care ▶noun [ mass noun ] a method of caring for a premature baby in which the infant is held in skin-to-skin contact with a parent, typically the mother, for as long as possible each day.

 

kangaroo court

kan ¦ga |roo court ▶noun an unofficial court held by a group of people in order to try someone regarded, especially without good evidence, as guilty of a crime or misdemeanour.

 

kangaroo grass

kan ¦ga |roo grass ▶noun [ mass noun ] a fodder grass which grows in very tall tussocks. ●Genus Themeda, family Gramineae: several species, in particular T. australis.

 

kangaroo mouse

kan ¦ga |roo mouse ▶noun a small seed-eating hopping rodent with large cheek pouches and long hind legs, found in North America. ●Genus Microdipodops, family Heteromyidae: two species.

 

kangaroo paw

kan ¦ga |roo paw ▶noun an Australian plant which has long strap-like leaves and tubular flowers with woolly outer surfaces. ●Genera Anigozanthos and Macropidia, family Haemodoraceae: several species.

 

kangaroo rat

kan ¦ga |roo rat ▶noun a seed-eating hopping rodent with large cheek pouches and long hind legs, found from Canada to Mexico. ●Genus Dipodomys, family Heteromyidae: several species.

 

kangaroo vine

kan ¦ga |roo vine ▶noun an Australian evergreen climbing plant of the vine family, grown as a houseplant. ●Cissus antarctica, family Vitaceae.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

kangaroo

kan ga roo /kæ̀ŋɡərúː /名詞 複 ～s , ｟集合的に ｠～C 〘動 〙カンガルー 〘オーストラリア ニューギニア原産 〙.～̀ cl ó sure カンガルー式討論終結法 〘議長がある修正案だけを取り上げて討論に付し, 他の案を除外する 〙.～̀ c ó urt ｟くだけて 否定的に ｠私的裁判, リンチ, つるし上げ ; でっち上げ .～́ d ò g カンガルー狩猟犬 .～̀ r á t 〘動 〙カンガルーネズミ 〘メキシコ 北米産; 後脚が長くほお袋をもつ 〙.