1. Any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful hind legs and a long thick tail
   "the indigenous fauna of Australia includes the kangaroo";
   - roo [Austral, informal], kanga [Austral, informal]

Derived forms: kangaroos

Type of: marsupial, pouched mammal

Part of: family Macropodidae, Macropodidae

Encyclopedia: Kangaroo, Wisconsin