1. [Austral, informal] Any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful hind legs and a long thick tail
   "Kangas bounded across the outback landscape";
   - kangaroo, roo [Austral, informal]
    
2. [Austral, informal] Someone who guards prisoners
   "The kanga kept a watchful eye on the inmates";
   - prison guard, jailer, jailor, gaoler [Brit], screw [informal], turnkey [archaic], prison officer [Brit], prison warder [Brit]
    
3. A colourful printed cotton fabric worn by women in East Africa
   "She wrapped herself in a bright kanga for the celebration"

Derived forms: kangas

Type of: keeper, law officer, marsupial, peace officer, pouched mammal

Part of: family Macropodidae, Macropodidae

Encyclopedia: Kanga