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kangaroo
noun
kan·ga·roo
ˌkaŋ-gə-ˈrü 
plural kangaroos
: any of various herbivorous leaping marsupial mammals (family Macropodidae) of Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands with a small head, large ears, long powerful hind legs, a long thick tail used as a support and in balancing, and rather small forelegs not used in locomotion
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Video shows Chesney, a beloved 16-month-old kangaroo, being found safe after going missing from a Wisconsin petting zoo for three days.
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Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
The team caught up with Chesney on Wednesday and again Thursday night, but Johnson said the frightened kangaroo slipped away — once by jumping into a cold river — and Johnson lost track on the drone.
—John O'Connor, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2026
The kangaroo lives with his keeper Debbie Marland at Sunshine Farm in Necedah, Wisconsin, approximately 160 miles northwest of Milwaukee.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
How does a kangaroo escape a petting zoo?
—CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
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Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
The team caught up with Chesney on Wednesday and again Thursday night, but Johnson said the frightened kangaroo slipped away — once by jumping into a cold river — and Johnson lost track on the drone.
—John O'Connor, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2026
The kangaroo lives with his keeper Debbie Marland at Sunshine Farm in Necedah, Wisconsin, approximately 160 miles northwest of Milwaukee.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
How does a kangaroo escape a petting zoo?
—CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
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“Kangaroo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kangaroo. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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kangaroo
noun
kan·ga·roo
ˌkaŋ-gə-ˈrü
plural kangaroos
: any of numerous leaping marsupial mammals of Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands that feed on plants and have a small head, long powerful hind legs, a long thick tail used as a support in standing or walking, and in the female a pouch on the abdomen in which the young are carried
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