Kangaroo (disambiguation)

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A kangaroo is a large marsupial which is endemic to Australia.

Kangaroo may also refer to:

Aircraft and aerospace

Blackburn Kangaroo, a British World War I heavy bomber
Kangaroo Route, a term for commercial flights between Europe and Australasia via the Eastern Hemisphere
PWN-9 Kangaroo, a 1969 American sounding rocket project
Sol Kangaroo, a Brazilian paraglider design

Kangaroo (1952 film), an American film directed by Lewis Milestone
Kangaroo (1987 film), an Australian film based on the 1923 D.H. Lawrence novel Kangaroo
Kangaroo (2007 film), a Malayalam film directed by Raj Babu starring Prithviraj Sukumaran
Kangaroo (2015 film)

East Kangaroo Island, an island in Tasmania
Kangaroo Island, Australia's third-largest island
- Kangaroo Head, a headland
- Kangaroo Head, South Australia, a locality
Kangaroo Island (Shark Bay), an island in Western Australia

Kangaroo (armoured personnel carrier), an expedient conversion of a tank into an armoured personnel carrier during World War II by British Commonwealth forces
Raduga Kh-20 (NATO designation AS-3 Kangaroo), a cruise missile armed with a nuclear warhead which was developed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War

Kangaroo (band), who released one self-titled album on MGM Records in 1968. Members included Barbara Keith, John Hall, N. D. Smart and Teddy Spelies
"Kangaroo" (or "Kanga Roo"), a song by Big Star from the album Third/Sister Lovers, notably covered by This Mortal Coil and Jeff Buckley
"Kangaroo", a single by Arab on Radar

HMAS Kangaroo, a Royal Australian Navy boom defence vessel in commission from 1940 to 1955
HMS Kangaroo, the name of several British Royal Navy ships
MV Kangaroo, the name of a Western Australian state ship
USCGC Kangaroo (1917), a United States Coast Guard patrol boat, renamed USCGC AB-6 in 1923, in commission from 1919 to 1932
USS Kangaroo, the name of more than one United States Navy ship

Kangaroos, the nickname of the Australia national rugby league team
Kangaroos, the nickname of the North Melbourne Football Club of the Australian Football League
Kangaroo Hoppet, an Australian cross-country skiing race
KangaRoos, an American brand of athletic shoe
UMKC Kangaroos, the athletics team of University of Missouri–Kansas City
The mascot of Lake Washington High School in Kirkland, WA

The Kangaroo Defence, a chess opening also known as the Keres Defence
Kangaroo care, a way of holding a prematurely-born infant with skin-to-skin contact
Kangaroo meat, the meat of any of the species of kangaroo
Kangaroo rat, a small rodent in western United States
Kangaroo unicycle, a type of unicycle that has both the cranks facing in the same direction; see Unicycle#Other variations
Kangaroo, a procedure of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Kangaroo word, a word that contains letters of another word, in order, with the same meaning
Kangaroo court, a sham legal proceeding
Kangaroo (novel), a 1923 novel by D. H. Lawrence
Mathematical Kangaroo, or International Mathematical Kangaroo, an annual international children's mathematics competition
Gold kangaroo, a term for the Australian gold bullion coin minted by the Perth Mint
Kangaroo (video game), a 1982 video game based on the marsupial
Kangaroo (Bus ticketing scheme), a bus ticketing scheme operated in Nottingham, UK
Kangaroo Express, a chain of convenience stores in the US