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kangaroo-like

  • a word derived from kangaroo.
    kangaroo
    noun
    any herbivorous marsupial of the family Macropodidae, of Australia and adjacent islands, having a small head, short forelimbs, powerful hind legs used for leaping, and a long, thick tail: several species are threatened or endangered.

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Indeed, the best footage here is captured at night, from the slinkings of the bizarre horned viper to the evasive tactics of the lesser jerboa, a tiny rodent with kangaroo-like hind legs.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 22, 2013

Caliban becomes a two-headed creature equipped with a kangaroo-like pouch containing his own captious elder brother.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 15, 2011

Relocated deserts will give rise to new animals capable of enduring for months without water, like the cameloid yet kangaroo-like desert leaper, able to store fat and other nutrients in its tail.

From Time Magazine Archive

Also vanishing, at least in wild areas: the koala "Teddy bear" and the Tasmanian wolf, a zebra-striped, carnivorous marsupial that often hops kangaroo-like on its hind legs.

From Time Magazine Archive

He complied and they studied his kangaroo-like action.

From The Gay Rebellion by Edmund Frederick

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