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kangaroo

[kang-guh-roo] / ˌkæŋ gəˈru /


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That means that for passengers aboard Journey Beyond’s Australian train rides, you may be biting down on a piece of grilled kangaroo as one hops away in the distance.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

To recreate the original stuffed toy version of Roo, the baby kangaroo that appears in author AA Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh stories.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026

But according to the New York library, the kangaroo toy that inspired Roo "was lost in an apple orchard during the 1930s".

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026

These were probably giant kangaroo rats, a native species whose numbers have been growing since their listing as an endangered species in 1987.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026

A spate of kangaroo killings in the late 1970s were attributed to a male Opaleye ousted from his homeland by a dominant female.

From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling

Employees routinely took newborn kangaroos, wildcats and goats home overnight to provide round-the-clock feeding.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

Eastern grey kangaroos are an Australian species that helps maintain healthy ecosystems for other animals, insects and plants.

From BBC ● May 7, 2026

Video showed the critter nervously perched on a shelf, seamlessly blending in with the toy kangaroos and bears.

From Barron's ● Mar. 19, 2026

To explore how these massive animals moved, Megan Jones and her colleagues examined the hindlimbs of 94 modern specimens and 40 fossil specimens representing 63 species of kangaroos and wallabies.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 23, 2026

Asked to describe and classify mammals, he scribbled down an incomplete and absurd system of taxonomy—omitting categories, inventing others, lumping kangaroos with beavers, and pigs with elephants.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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