Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling or characteristic of a kangaroo.

Etymologies

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kangaroo +‎ -like

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Examples

  • The horses shied when a couple of the kangaroolike chargers bounded past them, to cut off retreat.

    Hokas Pokas Anderson, Poul 2000

  • The horses shied when a couple of the kangaroolike chargers bounded past them, to cut off retreat.

    Hokas Pokas Anderson, Poul 1983

  • In Zimmer's article, he reports that one biologist who played Spore "stretches the body to give it a neck" and "adds a pair of kangaroolike legs."

    Evolution News & Views 2009

  • In Zimmer's article, he reports that one biologist who played Spore "stretches the body to give it a neck" and "adds a pair of kangaroolike legs."

    Evolution News & Views 2009

  • In Zimmer's article, he reports that one biologist who played Spore "stretches the body to give it a neck" and "adds a pair of kangaroolike legs."

    Evolution News & Views 2009

  • The naturalist Ellis Troughton has suggested a threefold division of kangaroolike creatures by size into pademelons (also spelt paddymelons), wallabies, and kangaroos.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 3 1983

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