[ noun ] any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful hind legs and a long thick tail <noun.animal>
kangaroo \kan"ga*roo"\, n. [Said to be the native name.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of jumping marsupials of the family {Macropodid[ae]}. They inhabit Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands, They have long and strong hind legs and a large tail, while the fore legs are comparatively short and feeble. The giant kangaroo ({Macropus major}) is the largest species, sometimes becoming twelve or fourteen feet in total length. The tree kangaroos, belonging to the genus {Dendrolagus}, live in trees; the rock kangaroos, of the genus {Petrogale}, inhabit rocky situations; and the brush kangaroos, of the genus {Halmaturus}, inhabit wooded districts. See {Wallaby}.
{Kangaroo apple} (Bot.), the edible fruit of the Tasmanian plant {Solanum aviculare}.
{Kangaroo grass} (Bot.), a perennial Australian forage grass ({Anthistiria australis}).
{Kangaroo hare} (Zo["o]l.), the jerboa kangaroo. See under {Jerboa}.
{Kangaroo mouse}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Jumping mouse}, under {Jumping}.
The judge himself is a former army officer who also officiated at the now-discarded "popular tribunals," which were nothing more than kangaroo courts.
Armstrong said the kangaroo population has grown too large.
"We hold the hearings in the right way _ on civil rights and civil liberties," Edwards said. "HUAC was a kangaroo court.
Justice was swift in a kangaroo court on the streets of Panama City on Saturday.
The father, who refused to be named and was shown in silhouette, relayed his son's account of kangaroo courts in which makeshift ropes made from sheets were tied around the necks of prisoners.
"It's no surprise," said Mecham supporter Andy Cosentino. "It's a kangaroo court." A few anti-Mecham believers cheered the "aye" votes for conviction on the impeachment charges. "I'm very happy and relieved.
The New South Wales Parliament is considering a bill to legalize kangaroo consumption and Armstrong predicted it would pass during the current legislative session.
This record and the fact that Fish and Wildlife formally recognizes 3,600 species as candidates for listing may mean the case of Riverside County's Stevens kangaroo rat is only the tip of the iceberg for future home buyers.
Washington, having become one big kangaroo court, will do so with glee.
Another is scheduled to bound like a kangaroo about the little moon in 65-foot leaps, gathering and analyzing soil samples.
Armelagos' favorite bag, from KLM Airlines, depicts a kangaroo throwing up in his pouch.