'roo

[roo]

noun

Australian Informal.

plural

'roos 

1. a shortened form of kangaroo.

roo

/ ruː /

noun

1. informal,  a kangaroo

Word History and Origins

Origin of 'roo¹

By shortening

Example Sentences

The parasitic fly has been found recently in seven Mexican states: Campeche, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz, and Yucatán.

From Los Angeles Times

Iris Ritchie, who was walking her dogs, Toby, Scruffy and Roo near the beach, said she had not seen many police in the centre of the village.

From BBC

John Gregory Dunne died in 2003; Quintana Roo Dunne died two years later.

From Salon

It would be a couple few years later that I met Dr. Roo Vandergrift, who was doing his PhD work in the cloud forest, a place called Reserva los Cedros.

From Salon

The way that I could be useful to Roo then and now was photography and taxonomy.

From Salon