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# kangaroo

«kangaroo» in Mova's school dictionary: **a large Australian animal that hops on strong back legs…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a kangaroo, kangaroos)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A kangaroo is a large Australian animal that hops on strong back legs, has a long thick tail, and carries its baby in a pouch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kangaroo/#m1)

2) A kangaroo court is an unfair, unofficial trial. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kangaroo/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons kangaroos are marsupials (mammals with pouches); a baby is called a joey. In geography they are a symbol of Australia. Phrases: «a baby kangaroo», «a mob of kangaroos», «kangaroo pouch».

### examples

- A kangaroo can hop very fast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kangaroo/#x1)
- The baby kangaroo, or joey, lives in its mother's pouch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kangaroo/#x2)
- We saw kangaroos in the bush in Australia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kangaroo/#x3)
- Kangaroos use their tails for balance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kangaroo/#x4)
- A group of kangaroos is called a mob. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kangaroo/#x5)
- Kangaroos cannot walk backwards easily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kangaroo/#x6)
- The kangaroo is on Australia's coat of arms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kangaroo/#x7)

### note

Countable; plural kangaroos. Stress on the end: kang-guh-ROO. Myth: the story that «kangaroo» means «I don't understand» is not true; it comes from a local Aboriginal word for the animal. Safety: big kangaroos can kick hard; keep away from wild ones.

### In the corpora

- [Kangaroos hop with springy tendons that store energy like a pogo stick, so hopping fast costs them hardly more energy than hopping slowly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/103-the-australian-walkabout-kangaroos-emus-wallabies-dingoes/5/)
- [Tree kangaroos live in rainforests, climb with strong arms and can leap many metres down to the ground without getting hurt.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/167-australias-forests-and-tasmania-devils-cassowaries-and-lyrebirds/9/)
- [Arctic hares can hop on their back legs like a kangaroo when they run fast, and they sometimes gather in groups of hundreds.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/168-the-arctic-tundra-musk-oxen-arctic-foxes-and-the-truth-about-lemmings/11/)
- [The Kangaroo was "a Different Animal with four short legs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/81-justso-old-man-kangaroo/5/)
- ["A few kangaroos loose in the top paddock" (Australia) means stupid or a bit mad.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/35-mistakes-and-stupidity/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «kangaroo» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kangaroo/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.