Image:Kangaroo and joey03.jpg|thumb|A kangaroo with a young
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Etymology
From Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru, recorded by w:James Cook|James Cook and others in 1770 at w:Endeavour River|Endeavour River; in English, applied to the whole family of macropods, apparently from not realizing the Guugu Yimidhirr word referred to just one species.

In 1820 w:Phillip King|Phillip King visited the area and could not confirm Cook�s record; some then suggested that Cook and Banks had erred. This is apparently the basis for the long-standing myth that Cook is supposed to have asked a native �What is that?� to which the reply �kangaroo�, supposedly meaning �I don�t know�, was given. Though amusing, this is not the case. John Haviland studied Guugu Yimidhirr extensively in 1972, confirming gangurru and concluding King had been told minha.^{#References|1}

Pronunciation
IPA|/�kæ�g��ru/, SAMPA|/%k{Ng@"ru/

Noun
en-noun

1. a member of a family of large marsupials with strong hind legs for hopping, mainly found in Australia.

#* 1770: Besides the Animals which I have before mentioned, called by the Natives Kangooroo, or Kanguru ... — w:James Cook|James Cook, Captain Cookâ��s Journal During the First Voyage Round the World, description of Endeavour River, at 4 August 1770 ¹
<!--this is a picture of wallabies! Image:Kanguru.jpg|thumb|center|500 px|Kangaroos-->

Derived terms
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antelope kangaroo, antilopine kangaroo
banded kangaroo
brush kangaroo
eastern grey kangaroo
forest kangaroo
giant kangaroo
great kangaroo
hare-kangaroo
kangaroo apple
kangaroo ball
kangaroo bar
kangaroo bear
kangaroo-beetle
kangaroo care
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kangaroo closure
kangaroo code
kangaroo court
Kangaroo Defence, Kangaroo Defense
kangaroo-dog
kangaroo-fly
kangaroo-foot plant
kangaroo grass
kangaroo hare
kangaroo-hop<!--verb-->
w:Kangaroo Hoppet|Kangaroo Hoppet
kangaroo-hound
w:Kangaroo Island|Kangaroo Island
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kangaroo jerboa
kangaroo justice
kangaroo mother care, kangaroo mother method
kangaroo mouse
kangaroo paw
kangaroo ship
kangaroo rat
kangaroo route
kangaroo's-foot, kangaroo's-foot plant
kangaroo-shoot
kangaroo-shooter
kangaroo-shooting
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kangaroo skin
kangaroo-thorn
Kangaroo Tour
kangaroo trial
kangaroo unicycle
kangaroo vine
kangaroo word
musk kangaroo
rat-kangaroo
red kangaroo
rock kangaroo
roo<!--terms derived from "roo" are to be given on the page for "roo"-->
tree kangaroo
western grey kangaroo

Slovak: klokan m
Slovene: kenguru m, klokan m
Spanish: canguro m
Swedish: känguru c
Thai: THchar|�ิ���� (jing-jôh)
Turkish: kanguru
Vietnamese: canguru
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References
w:R. M. W. Dixon|R. M. W. Dixon, Australian Aboriginal Words'', Oxford University Press, 1990, ISBN 0-19-553099-3

See also
joey
marsupial
wallaby

Category:Marsupials

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