Noun | 1. | ![]() kangaroo - any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful hind legs and a long thick tail common wallaby, Macropus agiles - a small wallaby having a height of 30 inches hare wallaby, kangaroo hare - small Australian wallaby that resembles a hare and has persistent teeth nail-tailed kangaroo, nail-tailed wallaby - small wallabies with a horny nail on the tip of the tail rock kangaroo, rock wallaby - slender long-legged Australian wallabies living in caves and rocky areas paddymelon, pademelon - small reddish-brown wallabies of scrubby areas of Australia and New Guinea tree kangaroo, tree wallaby - arboreal wallabies of New Guinea and northern Australia having hind and forelegs of similar length |