kangaroo paw

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noun

any plant of the Australian genus Anigozanthos, resembling a kangaroo's paw, esp the red-and-green flowered A.manglesii, which is the floral emblem of Western Australia: family Haemodoraceae

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kangaroo closure, kangaroo court, kangaroo dog, kangaroo grass, Kangaroo Island, kangaroo paw, kangaroo rat, kangaroo vine, Kangchenjunga, Kang-de, Kangha

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How to use kangaroo paw in a sentence

Jimbo sat behind me, and patted me on the back with his heavy tomahawk of a paw.
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And this is not the first time that the kangaroo courts of rural India have made such appalling judgments.
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He then adds a drawing of an animal paw—something officials say his family pointed to as a sign the letter was genuine.
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Capital Cities, "Kangaroo Court" This song has been around for a few weeks, but this video takes it to a whole new level.
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It works and he gets the attention of a pretty poodle, but things quickly go awry, leading them all to a literal kangaroo court.
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The left heel followed like lightning, and the right paw also slipped, letting the bear again fall heavily on the ice below.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
The bear watched him narrowly with its wicked little eyes, though it did not see fit to cease its paw-licking.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
The Kangaroo can hop and hop and hop; Somehow he never seems to want to stop.
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Nqa is very much surprised, because he has never seen a Kangaroo dance like that before.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling
You can see the marks of Kangaroo's big new feet running ever so far back over the bare hills.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling

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