roo
noun/ruː/
/ruː/
(informal)- a kangaroo (= a large Australian animal with a strong tail and back legs, that moves by jumping. The female carries its young in a pocket of skin (called a pouch) on the front of its body.)Topics Animalsc2Word Originearly 20th cent.: shortened form.
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