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| | | | | | | จิงโจ้ | (n) kangaroo, See also: marsupial, Example: เราขอนำท่านสู่นครซิดนีย์ ชมความงามของนครซิดนีย์ โดยล่องเรือชมอ่าว ชมสวนสัตว์พื้นเมือง อาทิ จิงโจ้ หมีโคอาล่า ฯลฯ, Count Unit: ตัว, Thai Definition: ชื่อสัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยนมชนิดหนึ่ง ขาคู่หน้าสั้น ส่วนคู่หลังยาวและแข็งแรง สำหรับกระโดดได้ไกลๆ หางยาวและแข็งแรงสำหรับเป็นอวัยวะที่ช่วยในการทรงตัว ตัวเมียมีถุงที่หน้าท้องสำหรับใส่ลูก มีถิ่นกำเนิดในทวีปออสเตรเลีย | | ศาลเตี้ย | (n) kangaroo court, Example: เขาถูกนำตัวขึ้นศาลเตี้ยไต่สวนกลางหอประชุมใหญ่จุฬาฯ, Count Unit: ศาล, Thai Definition: การตัดสินชำระความโดยพลการ โดยคนหรือกลุ่มคนที่ไม่มีอำนาจดำเนินคดีตามกฎหมาย, Notes: (ปาก) |
| | จิงโจ้ | [jingjō] (n) EN: kangaroo ; marsupial FR: kangourou [ m ] | | ศาลเตี้ย | [sān tīa] (n, exp) EN: kangaroo court ; self-appointed tribunal FR: tribunal auto-proclamé [ m ] |
| | | | giant kangaroo | (n) very large greyish-brown Australian kangaroo formerly abundant in open wooded areas, Syn. Macropus giganteus, great grey kangaroo | | jerboa kangaroo | (n) brush-tailed rat kangaroo, Syn. kangaroo jerboa | | kangaroo | (n) any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful hind legs and a long thick tail | | kangaroo apple | (n) Australian annual sometimes cultivated for its racemes of purple flowers and edible yellow egg-shaped fruit, Syn. Solanum aviculare, poroporo | | kangaroo court | (n) an irregular unauthorized court | | kangaroo mouse | (n) small silky-haired pouched rodent; similar to but smaller than kangaroo rats, Syn. dwarf pocket rat | | kangaroo mouse | (n) leaping rodent of Australian desert areas | | kangaroo paw | (n) sedgelike spring-flowering herb having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairs; Australia, Syn. Australian sword lily, Anigozanthus manglesii, kangaroo-foot plant, kangaroo's paw, kangaroo's-foot | | kangaroo rat | (n) any of various leaping rodents of desert regions of North America and Mexico; largest members of the family Heteromyidae, Syn. desert rat, Dipodomys phillipsii | | musk kangaroo | (n) small kangaroo of northeastern Australia, Syn. Hypsiprymnodon moschatus | | ord kangaroo rat | (n) most widely distributed kangaroo rat: plains and mountain areas of central and western United States, Syn. Dipodomys ordi | | rat kangaroo | (n) any of several rabbit-sized ratlike Australian kangaroos, Syn. kangaroo rat | | hare wallaby | (n) small Australian wallaby that resembles a hare and has persistent teeth, Syn. kangaroo hare | | koala | (n) sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with grey furry ears and coat; feeds on eucalyptus leaves and bark, Syn. native bear, koala bear, Phascolarctos cinereus, kangaroo bear | | nail-tailed wallaby | (n) small wallabies with a horny nail on the tip of the tail, Syn. nail-tailed kangaroo | | rock wallaby | (n) slender long-legged Australian wallabies living in caves and rocky areas, Syn. rock kangaroo | | tree wallaby | (n) arboreal wallabies of New Guinea and northern Australia having hind and forelegs of similar length, Syn. tree kangaroo | | wallaby | (n) any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos; often brightly colored, Syn. brush kangaroo |
| | kangaroo | n. [ Said to be the native name. ] (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of jumping marsupials of the family Macropodidæ. They inhabit Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands, They have long and strong hind legs and a large tail, while the fore legs are comparatively short and feeble. The giant kangaroo (Macropus major) is the largest species, sometimes becoming twelve or fourteen feet in total length. The tree kangaroos, belonging to the genus Dendrolagus, live in trees; the rock kangaroos, of the genus Petrogale, inhabit rocky situations; and the brush kangaroos, of the genus Halmaturus, inhabit wooded districts. See Wallaby. [ 1913 Webster ]
Kangaroo apple (Bot.), the edible fruit of the Tasmanian plant Solanum aviculare. --
Kangaroo grass (Bot.), a perennial Australian forage grass (Anthistiria australis). --
Kangaroo hare (Zool.), the jerboa kangaroo. See under Jerboa. --
Kangaroo mouse. (Zool.) See Jumping mouse, under Jumping. [ 1913 Webster ]
| | kangaroo rat | n. (Zool.) A jumping rodent of the genus Dipodomys of the family Heteromyidae, which lives in arid regions of Mexico and the western U. S. [ PJC ] 2. (Zool.) An Australian mammal of the genus Notomys. [ PJC ] 3. (Zool.) a small ratlike Australian kangaroo of the genus Potorous, also called the potoroo. [ PJC ] | | kangaroo's-foot | n. A sedgelike spring-flowering herb (Anigozanthus manglesii) of Australia, having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairs.
Syn. -- kangaroo paw, kangaroo-foot plant, Australian sword lily, Anigozanthus manglesii. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
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