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  • noun Plural form of kangaroo.

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Examples

  • "It is hoped that eventually, the kangaroos will be administered with the fertility control agent through their food,", the local minister responsible for the trial, John Hargreaves, said in a statement.

    Australia’s Big Problem: Too Many Kangaroos | Impact Lab 2006

  • The kangaroos were a curious people, resembling small donkeys with crocodile tails, sitting erect on their haunches, and moving about with a waltzing hop, which was both graceful and comical.

    Fan : the story of a young girl's life 1881

  • Sgt Tuffin said residents in the street were now fearful of stray bullets hitting their houses, cars or livestock as they were unsure if the kangaroos were a deliberate target.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • More familiar animals were now called kangaroos since the newcomers seemed to think that this would be the native name in Sydney, as it was farther north.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIV No 4 1988

  • Meawhile, in the land where summer is winter, toilets flush backwards, deer are called "kangaroos," and Tour contenders are called "Cadel," "fixed-gear culture" is now exhibiting itself at shopping malls:

    BSNYC Friday Lumberjack Competition! BikeSnobNYC 2010

  • Although most marsupials such as kangaroos and koalas are herbivores, Thylacoleo was something completely different—a fearsome predator with pincer-like front teeth and a slashing front claw on its thumb.

    NOVA: Bone Diggers *updated* ReBecca Foster 2008

  • Although most marsupials such as kangaroos and koalas are herbivores, Thylacoleo was something completely different—a fearsome predator with pincer-like front teeth and a slashing front claw on its thumb.

    Archive 2008-03-01 ReBecca Foster 2008

  • -I laughed at the 'kangaroos' line--and I laughed at the serial killers thoughts what *is* about Wisconsin?

    Dating, part 2: what doesn't kill me post-doc 2006

  • The other seceders from the Socialist Labor Party, called the "kangaroos," united with the Social Democracy of Debs and

    The Red Conspiracy Joseph J. Mereto

  • He thinks these blacks are a kind of kangaroos, but he isn't sure.

    Bunyip Land A Story of Adventure in New Guinea George Manville Fenn 1870

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