Noun: roo roo
Usage: Austral, informal
Usage: Austral, informal
- 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 roo";
- kangaroo, kanga [Austral, informal]
Sounds like: ro
Derived forms: roos
Type of: marsupial, pouched mammal
Part of: family Macropodidae, Macropodidae
Encyclopedia: Roo