GIANT KANGAROO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does giant kangaroo mean? 

• GIANT KANGAROO (noun)
  The noun GIANT KANGAROO has 1 sense:

1. very large greyish-brown Australian kangaroo formerly abundant in open wooded areas

  Familiarity information: GIANT KANGAROO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GIANT KANGAROO (noun)

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Meaning:

Very large greyish-brown Australian kangaroo formerly abundant in open wooded areas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

giant kangaroo; great grey kangaroo; Macropus giganteus

Hypernyms ("giant kangaroo" is a kind of...):

kangaroo (any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful hind legs and a long thick tail)

Holonyms ("giant kangaroo" is a member of...):

genus Macropus; Macropus (type genus of the family Macropodidae: typical kangaroos and wallabies)