Kăn'-ga-rōo', n.

n. (Zoöl.) A ruminating, marsupial animal of the genus Macropus, found in Australia and the neighboring islands. M. giganteus, or the great kangaroo, is nearly as tall as a man, and moves by leaps. The fore legs are very short, useless in walking, but used for digging or bringing food to the mouth. The hind legs, which are long, are used in moving, enabling it to make enormous bounds, sometimes a rod at a time. The red kangaroo is of smaller size, and has the fore and hind legs of nearly equal size. Waterhouse.

Kangaroo (Macropus walabatus).