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Definition of Kangaroo bear

1. Noun. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with grey furry ears and coat; feeds on eucalyptus leaves and bark.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kangaroo Bear

Literary usage of Kangaroo bear

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An introductory text-book of zoology by Henry Alleyne Nicholson (1875)
"As good examples of the Marsupials we may take the Kangaroos, the Kangaroo-bear, and the Native Devil of Van Diemen's Land. Fig. 140. ..."

2. Queer Pets at Marcy's by Olive Thorne Miller (1880)
"... and the naturalists, who decide "who's who" among animals, say that he is more nearly related to the kangaroo. Bear, or Kangaroo, or whatever he may be, ..."

3. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1884)
"... Mormon settlement in Iowa, V. 425, 2 b. KANGAROO', animal, IX. 743 (ill., 744). kangaroo bear: see KOALA. Kangaroo grast, of Australia, II. 131, 1 b. ..."

4. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"Greene, find burning the village of Springfield, he returned to Staten Island. KOALA, or kangaroo bear, a marsupial animal of the phalanger family and genus ..."

5. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology (1907)
"In normal hearts the lateral auricular index varies from 60 to 80: in the dog, cat, kangaroo, bear, horse, calf, ox, ..."

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