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Topic: ANIMALS

Date: 1700-1800
Origin: From an Australian Aboriginal language

kangaroo

 noun
     
kangaroo
kan‧ga‧roo [countable]
HBA an Australian animal that moves by jumping and carries its babies in a pouch (=a special pocket of skin) on its stomach
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